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.

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,

The Council does not build the homes. That is the role of the private development and community housing sectors, writes Ree Anderson.

"Rockstar prices" and an influx of Aucklanders have been credited for a "massive" surge in house sales in the Bay of Plenty.

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.

Embattled internet mogul Kim Dotcom is quitting his landmark Coatesville mansion.

Floating houses are planned for Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland.

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.