Residents say they have been left disgusted, disappointed and frustrated and feel their arguments fell on deaf ears.

Thousands of alienated property owners are calling on Mayor Len Brown to allow a vote to dump controversial housing density plans today.

Further indecision towards Auckland's Unitary plan will only intensify the city's social inequality.

Stonewood Homes New Zealand, is in receivership, but home buyers have been told they've got a guarantee.

A war in Auckland through headlines show tensions rises as property owners oppose increased housing in inner city suburbs.

Chris Darby has become the latest councillor to have second thoughts about dramatic housing density plans in Auckland suburbs.

House prices rising and no recovery in dairy prices both pose threats to New Zealand banks, Standard & Poor says.

Independent commissioners have backed plans to allow more than 3800 new homes next to an exclusive Queenstown development.

Auckland University property researcher Dr Michael Rehm said the figures showed that long-term homeowners in the "hot spots" of Auckland could cash up but people living elsewhere had fewer options.

Mayoral candidate Vic Crone says dramatic housing density changes should be withdrawn.

The Kiwi dream of owning a house and section for the kids to run around is fading for Ben Grimer and Anna Macky.

As the apartment blocks rise so does the call for law reform by a growing band of unhappy owners.

Concerns about a lack of pre-purchase disclosure and possible manipulation of proxy votes at body corporate meetings were issues complained about yesterday.

Auckland Council wants to move away from the quarter-acre pavlova paradise to offering Aucklanders different types of housing at different points in their lives.

Auckland's largest real estate firm Barfoot and Thompson's spokesman Eric Koh said there was no push for its agents to learn feng shui.

Depriving residents of their right to have their say is anti-democratic. The way the council has gone about this is contrary to natural justice and an abuse of process, writes Richard Burton.

One of the world's biggest investment businesses plans to buy five big retirement villages.

Auckland's housing "bubble" is worsening inequality, says Salvation Army.

There's a growing movement among builders in the United States to adapt their houses to risks of climate change.

Director who ran trio of failed property companies owing more than $6 million is missing.

A handful of councillors approved dramatic changes to rezone thousands of properties for more intensive housing and apartments.

It is too easy to panic politicians in election year, particularly in local body elections where the turnouts are usually low.

Surging inner city apartment sales have seen Auckland Central crowned the city's hottest suburb with its median sales price doubling in last 18 months.

An "unliveable" hovel that sat deteriorating in an exclusive Auckland suburb for over a century has undergone a dramatic transformation.

Residents of well-heeled Auckland suburbs are bristling at plans for new Special Housing Areas in their backyards.

The lawyer for a Chinese property developer who was ordered to pay almost $120,000 repair costs to the house she abandoned says the amount is "excessive".

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