Windfall profits reaped by early investors in taxpayer-funded affordable housing trigger minimum occupancy rule.

Homeowners are at risk of being under-insured because of changes that make insurance clients estimate how much it would cost to rebuild, the Earthquake Commission says.

One of New Zealand's largest builders releases new details of huge push into Auckland housing, as residents vow to take legal action.

Latest QV stats: Moves by the Government and Reserve Bank to slow Auckland's heated housing market are having an effect - but not yet on prices.

The average asking price for an apartment in Auckland is more than for a house elsewhere in New Zealand.

The largest property developer in the country says business has never been this busy.

Six-bedroom, three-bathroom Auckland home auctioned at no reserve sells far below owner's expectations.

A grand historic mansion built in the 1860s and moved to its Epsom location by horse and cart is on the market.

The Mondalas were left feeling blessed after their names were drawn out of a housing ballot today, giving them the chance to buy a new house in Auckland.

Homeowners will probably be able to build a fence, carport or more without the need for a resource consent under major reforms to planning laws.

Fight back against plan to turn campus into suburban real estate.

COMMENT: Remember the Lorax? Once that green space has gone, it has gone for ever, writes Roger Hall.

A mould-infested house on the North Shore is being held up by the international press as an example of how heated Auckland's property market has become.

Auckland councillors are going behind closed doors to propose rezoning thousands more houses in the city's suburbs for multiple townhouses and apartments.

Tens of thousands of homes in Auckland's leafy residential suburbs are being rezoned and Auckland Council says homeowners will not be notified about the changes.

Jenny Ericksen's home is sinking and and so too are her hopes of resolving the ongoing saga.

After a post-quake spike, rent prices in Christchurch are starting to settle, data crunched by the Herald shows.

Ryman Healthcare plans to build as much new retirement village and hospital stock in one Australian city as it will throughout New Zealand.

A "hikoi for homes" in Auckland today may be the forerunner of social unrest on a greater scale.

A real estate agent with a string of complaints lost his job but is selling for another.

The Government has dismissed one of the key recommendations in a report on rising sea levels.

Auckland tenants could be in for a New Year shock.

Average Hamilton property values have posted a massive 21 per cent rise average in the just released three-yearly council revaluations.

At least one family every three days is now seeking housing help across Auckland because their only place to live is a car.

In 1992 banks and borrowers were as risk-averse, writes Bernard Hickey. Fast forward to 2015 and the mathematics are on another planet.

A Mt Maunganui beachside mansion and rebuild of an Albany home are the big winners in the Registered Master Builders House of the Year Competition.

A woman's nine-year labour of love has transformed an old rural school into a sports fanatic's dream home.

Who's managing our largely unregulated residential property managers?

Police were called in over a mortgage deal for a property that a BNZ banker was involved with.