How hard is it to buy your first home in Auckland today? Three house hunters share their stories.

Auckland estate agents were jubilant this week at figures showing house prices and sales volumes in the city had taken off again.

Landlords who are forced to sell sometimes find they've gained little or nothing after years of hassle. Sometimes they even end up with a debt to the bank after selling the property.

The Mad Butcher chief executive Michael Morton has swapped one exclusive Auckland address for another.

Westpac economist says a resurgent property market means new lending restrictions are likely.

Homeowner who just discovered his Remuera neighbours' plan to demolish their side of duplex they share looks to re-build his own home.

Young people in their early twenties are now the most likely age group to be living in overcrowded conditions.

Muhannad Alwahb fears his house could be irreparably damaged after neighbours were granted consent to demolish their side of their duplex.

Investors are back in a heated Auckland property market and rapidly rising house prices are fuelling the fire.

Real estate chief says fears about Auckland property market unfounded as prices rocket 14 per cent.

Entry-level property advertised for $755,000 - 68 per cent higher than the country's median house price.

Hundreds of new homes could be developed on an 11.9ha piece of land in Auckland being sold by a university.

A family who rented a methamphetamine-contaminated Tuakau property have won $7525 from their landlord.

A prime piece of Herne Bay land is on the market for the third time in as many years, but still without the luxury apartments each owner had planned.

Chinese investment in Australian real estate doubled last year, but interest in New Zealand has dropped.

The first person to have her home forcibly sold by Auckland Council because of unpaid rates has been ordered to pay an additional $44,000.

The former home of the late broadcaster Sir Paul Holmes failed to sell at tender but there is still buyer interest.

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Urgent remedial work is underway in an Auckland housing project due to fears the houses are unsafe.

New figures show median price close to breaking $800,000 while houses remain least affordable in Auckland.

The Queenstown home of missing pilot John Beckenridge has gone on the market.

Key Auckland and national house sale data is about to emerge.

Airbnb's fastest-growing and most-beloved demographic are those aged 60 and older.