Auckland is on the verge of becoming a $1 million city - and its fast leaving the rest of New Zealand behind.

A third of Auckland suburbs now have an average house price of more than $1 million, with one cracking the $2 million mark and another two on the verge.

A group of 109 people - mainly Singaporean and Malaysian - are taking legal action over a failed Queenstown property scheme they bought into last decade.

A queue of 20 people waited outside for 24 hours to claim a section in new Napier subdivision.

This summer is expected to bring a boost in the numbers buying into luxurious "lifestyle" properties along the country's northeastern coastline.

The Government has agreed to fund an extra 508 social housing units in Auckland in a surprise boost to previously announced policies.

This week's Salvation Army report into housing baby-boomers in retirement exposed the deepest fault-line in NZ society and its economy - home ownership.

Auckland developer Tony Gapes has expressed sympathy for 140 home buyers who are victims of financial problems at his Springpark housing project.

A couple convicted of fleecing almost $1 million from the taxpayer between them by not paying GST are still living a life of luxury.

Auckland's property market showed signs of slowing last month, with a 7.7 per cent fall in sales and new listings dropping by a similar amount.

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.

INTERACTIVE: Confidential maps show a big squeeze in some of Auckland's poshest and poorest streets.

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.

Twenty years ago they bought a 4ha lifestyle block in Whenuapai's Brigham Creek Rd for $285,000. This month they sold it for $7 million.

Having your Block NZ house inside the sought-after Mt Albert Grammar school zone could boost the property's value by over $100,000.