As Auckland moves towards intensifying land development, plans have emerged for a 91-unit apartment block in Avondale.

Three families are about to battle it out for DIY supremacy in West Auckland.

The company behind Tony Gapes' troubled Springpark housing project owes a Singapore lender $26.8 million, according to receivers.

January was a hot month for Auckland real estate.

Fewer homeowners lost their properties in mortgagee sales last year as near record-low interest rates make it easier for struggling property owners.

A five-year investigation into the sale of Motukawaiti Island has failed to turn up enough evidence for the OIO to launch a prosecution.

Top Bayleys agent James Chan is looking forward to the Year of the Monkey, expecting it to bring a series of major commercial real estate transactions.

Auckland's recent house price rises have been unprecedented, up 52 per cent in the last four years compared with elsewhere up only 11 per cent.

Making a movie about collateralised debt obligations and credit default swaps that is both compelling and accurate is quite some achievement.

On average there were 37 building consents for new dwellings consented in Auckland every day last year.

Increasing number of of Kiwis are searching constantly for property on the market, even when not actively buying.

Fixed rate mortgages could be set to tumble to new lows in the coming months after the Reserve Bank signaled it may have to cut rates again this year.

NZ's body corporate problems need to be identified and addressed properly, writes Thomas Gibbons. Problems with the Act were identified even before it came into force, and most of these haven't been addressed.

Dedicated house-hunters camped out overnight to ensure they were first in line to snap up newly released Papamoa properties.

Fewer people are expecting house prices to rise and the trend is particularly marked in Auckland.

The first 30 homes for the descendants of Auckland's largest hapu will be ready towards the end of next month and most are affordable at $550,000 or less.

COMMENT: A small and diminishing pool of people are getting wealthier by buying houses from each other, writes Shamubeel Eaqub.

David Whitburn is a trustee of an entity that owns a portfolio of American properties bought there because the investor clients felt Auckland rental yields were too low.

Auckland is one of the world's least affordable cities to buy a home. See here the homes that you can get for the median price around the world.

If we want an inclusive city that can accommodate the next generation of New Zealanders, tough calls will need to be made.

A housing boss has had talks with Government ministers about a potential new scheme to help more Aucklanders into buying their own house.

Prime Minister defends Government's record on tackling Auckland's housing supply.

Applicants who are "too picky" will be removed from the waiting list under stricter new rules.

Widening wage and home ownership gap is employment time bomb, warn business leaders.

Two more suburbs have joined Auckland's once exclusive million-dollar club - and eight more are "knocking on the door" of the magic number.

The extraordinary surge in Auckland's property market is revealed in new analysis and mapping of house sales.

Paying state tenants to leave Auckland is first sign Govt is thinking outside the square.

The Environment Court has ordered that a fence blocking a million dollar view in Wellington be removed.