A prefab-style house in Papakura is for sale with a price tag of more than half a million dollars.

The property of people resisting development could be seized if the land is within certain areas marked for housing development.

A "pop-up" housing park of 100 or so prefabs for temporary use could be established in South Auckland by next autumn.

Two words: "Brexit" and "Trump".

Couple who bought house based on stunning sea views were shocked to find their neighbours were building a two-storey unit which would partially block their view.

The case of a Tauranga real estate agent who didn't tell a couple the house they were buying would soon lose its sea views could be just the tip of the iceberg.

The value of all residential buildings based on those consents is $11.4 billion.

Today on NZ Herald Focus - New research has put a dollar amount on exactly how much extra Aucklanders are willing to pay to catch a glimpse of the sea.

Housing was listed as an issue in both the monetary policy and financial stability section of the statement.

Two-generation family homes is a new solution to soaring Auckland housing prices.

A humble 80sq m cottage has sold for $1.72 million - more than $700,000 over its current council valuation.

Three adjoining cliff-top properties worth at least $13 million are on the market in one exclusive North Shore street.

Auckland weddings are shrinking as the city's soaring house prices force couples to choose between a big wedding and a house.

A deep analysis of mortgage registrations has revealed which areas of NZ are the most and least leveraged, and which bank is winning the cut-throat mortgage war.

Developers hit at calls to change school zone rules for prestigious Auckland schools.

Expand top Auckland schools, don't shut out people from their enrolment zones, says one property developer.

Gabriel Makhlouf has raised concerns that Auckland "NIMBYism" may be having a negative impact on "people elsewhere in the country".

Housing Minister Nick Smith is considering how to enable private companies to take on the development of infrastructure.

Homeless people who get a grant of up to $5000 to leave Auckland will now get cash payments of a further $2000 or $3000 on top of actual moving costs.

A rotting villa transformed into a Grey Lynn masterpiece sold for $2.825 million, the Herald can finally reveal.

Recent migrants from China are looking to save themselves a fortune by picking up raw land at Hobsonville.

Inside the 19th century Auckland cottage that sits on a 73sqm section and is sandwiched between two apartment blocks.

COMMENT: The figures confirmed the Auckland housing market is running hot through the winter and the heat from that "halo" is spreading around the country.

John Banks' multi-million dollar Auckland CBD penthouse - complete with silk-lined walls and marble-clad bathrooms and floors - is on the market.

The finest homes in Auckland and Northland have been revealed.

Consumer confidence recovers in June as more jobs, rising house prices lift sentiment.

Fletcher Building's residential division has signed a deal with the government to build 196 homes on Crown land.