The death of an elderly woman at a leaky apartment complex illustrates the stress facing many apartment residents.

The affordability of New Zealand's housing returned to the spotlight in Parliament yesterday.

"Perverse" tax incentives are encouraging investors to leave thousands of homes empty in Australia's most desirable suburbs.

Whether you prefer to take a dip off a private jetty, in a heated pool or designer tub with seaviews - these luxury properties will whet the appetite.

The Dotcom mansion is being marketed as "distinguished and magnificent" but many people will recall the unusual spectre of police swooping on the property at Coatesville, northwest of Auckland.

People buying the cheapest homes in Auckland are still paying at least $100 more in weekly mortgage repayments than two years ago.

An Auckland property that transformed from a hovel into a million-dollar must-have has sold.

By next year more than half of all new homes built in Auckland will be part of apartment blocks or terraced homes.

COMMENT: You don't expect to find traces of meth when you are buying from the Crown, writes David Rowe.

Couple's home renovation dreams shattered after their house tests positive for methamphetamine contamination.

Cancel the gym membership - an expansive property overlooking the Waikato River includes its own gymnasium, covered swimming pool and sauna.

Young Aucklanders with dreams of buying a first home should look to other parts of the regions for a property.

Only 14 per cent of young house-hunters in Auckland expect they'll get on the property ladder within two years.

The Leighton St house transformed from hovel to high-end "sophisticated elegance" goes under the hammer at 6pm on Tuesday.

Barely one in three young Aucklanders believe they will ever own their own home, with many resigned to a lifetime of renting.

COMMENT: IRD excels at finding evaders, who can face huge bills, writes Diana Clement.

Craig Walker lived in the Base Commander's house at Hobsonville Point for three and a half years as a child, now he's moving it down the road.

COMMENT: Despite New Zealand's home-buying culture, not everyone needs a Hummer home, writes Diana Clement.

One of the most expensive properties in Hamilton bought by Auckland CEO, who plans to commute.

Yong Xin Chen ditched her leasehold Cornwall Park house after her annual rent increased from $8300 to $73,750.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating a property development company that built two central Auckland apartments.

Auckland villa sold for $1.35 million - $190,000 over the reserve - just three months ago.

House dubbed NZ's most unique property passes in at auction.

Self-employed tenants are a landlord's biggest risk after a law change making it easier to deduct unpaid rent from an employee's wages, an expert says.

About 300 people held hands in Mangere today in a bid to stop a housing project on what an archaeologist described as "the paddock next to Stonehenge".

A family is suing their former landlord for $50,000 after discovering the house they lived in for more than three years was contaminated with P.

Drone footage captures the dramatic moment the multi-million dollar mansion burnt to the ground.

A multimillion-dollar Waiheke Island mansion, formerly linked to Mark Hotchin, will go up in flames today.