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

EXPLORE: See maps of Auckland's Special Housing Areas where new houses will be fast-tracked.

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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.

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

The median price of new Auckland homes is $800,000, meaning less than 20 per cent would enable first-home buyers to qualify for KiwiSaver subsidies, according to new figures.

A colonial-style mansion owned by icecream entrepreneur Diane Foreman's investment company has sold just days after it went on the market.

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.

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

Private investor Wilshire Group has bought the troubled Springpark housing estate in Auckland from receivers.

A dilapidated hovel that underwent a dramatic transformation has failed to sell at auction despite a $2.5 million bid.

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.

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

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