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.

Car dealer Bob McMillan and his wife Kerry have sold their grey minimalist cliff-top house in Parnell.

Many property deals go well, but it always pays to be on guard - as some people have found to their cost.

A controversial "10-storey cascading apartment" development on a disused quarry site in Auckland has been given the go-ahead, much to the chagrin of the local community board.

A pensioner who has been trying for months to privately sell his West Auckland home is now auctioning the "exquisite French Riviera" property with no reserve.

A controversial land swap for a housing project at Three Kings Quarry has been approved by Auckland councillors today.

While land can be used more or less efficiently, the supply of well-located sites is fixed and the only response to increasing demand is a price increase, writes Zbigniew Dumienski and Nicholas Ross Smith,

New Zealand's banking system remains in good health, but heavily indebted dairy sector and heated property market are posing increasing risks to lenders.

The shares or property debate remains heated, especially in housing-obsessed New Zealand, writes Mark Lister. Given the one-eyed nature of many people, it's probably a somewhat futile argument.

Million dollar-plus properties are selling at the rate of 25 a day in NZ - 22 a day in Auckland - and at nearly double the frequency of the previous year.

A new housing ventilation scheme aims to improve the state of housing for rental properties.

The Auckland housing market slowed last month following the introduction of new restrictions, according to the latest industry figures.

Ngati Whatua soon to announce intensive housing proposal on North Shore holdings.

An Auckland councillor has expressed frustration at the lack of information and progress on the city's special housing areas.

Auckland house prices have been driven by speculative demand as much as - or probably more than - a shortage of supply.

Two years after Auckland Council and the Government signed a "housing accord", only 102 houses are known to have been built under its "fast-track" rules.

Rod Emmerson's take on the Auckland housing accord.

Simon Collins and Anne Gibson report in a Herald investigation into Auckland's special housing areas - and find progress is surprisingly slow.

The number of people tipping a rise in Auckland house prices has dropped.

Online property business says there has been a big drop in Chinese interest in New Zealand market.

Auckland's biggest real estate agency says median house prices dropped 1.3 per cent last month and its chief also acknowledged auction clearance rates had "slowed".

Housing Minister Nick Smith has warned it is far too early to tell exactly what was going on in Auckland's pressure-cooked housing market.

"Massive" home valuation rises across the Auckland region pushed the average up 24.4 per cent annually to a new high of $918,153.

Average asking prices for Auckland homes have dropped more than $18,000 in just a month, says realestate.co.nz.

Westpac New Zealand expects Auckland's heated housing market to cool following regulatory changes.

The Government has set its sights on New Zealand cities' urban planning rules as part of its drive to improve housing affordability.

Chinese buyers are showing less of an appetite for our houses, having "backed off" according to economist Tony Alexander.