Auckland Council has racked up more than $100,000 on lawyers in an ongoing battle with activist Penny Bright over $33,372 in unpaid rates and penalties.

Residential building consents fell 4.9pc in August as the Canterbury rebuild shifts its focus toward commercial work.

Chinese real estate site says interest has switched from high-end properties to Auckland houses at lower end of the market.

Auckland activist is withholding this year's rates increase, saying she is opposed to public subsidy of public transport system.

Falling interest rates and static prices is making Auckland housing more affordable, say Massey University lecturers.

He attends property auctions daily to scout for good buys but denies his activities are locking young first-time buyers out of the market.

Financial instability in China may be leading to fewer Chinese at auctions says one real estate boss.

Now is the time for Auckland's first- home buyers to pounce, with interest rates at a record low and entry-level prices dropping, a report says.

Evidence of a cooling in the Auckland property market is growing - but there's plenty of reasons to think there may be life left in the boom yet.

Auction clearance rates have dropped and attendance rates are down as soaring prices flatten out.

That's the minimum Aucklanders can expect to pay in rent, regardless of property type or size, according to Trade Me.

Summerset Group has been granted resource consent for a $100 million village in the Christchurch suburb of Casebrook.

The liquidators of an Auckland building company that collapsed owing more than $4 million believe its director is somewhere in Europe.

The first round of homes in a new West Auckland housing project are up for grabs.

The real estate agent sacked after the Labour Party was leaked confidential sales data on Asian buyers is back in the Auckland property market.

Teachers and police priced out of owning their own home in Auckland's red-hot property market are calling for extra pay to bridge the growing financial gap.

Russian aluminium oligarch Alexandre Germanovich is undertaking a top-to-bottom renovation of a historic North Shore home - and the project is being chronicled in two documentaries.

Barfoot & Thompson says high number of applications is unusual for this time of the year.

Auckland up more than 75pc but Wellington bucks trend.

For many Kiwis, paying off a mortgage is a marathon effort - but on November 1, 10 lucky Auckland Marathon runners will have the chance to run down their rate

State and council civil servants need to remember their budgets come from the pockets of everyday New Zealanders, writes Kerre McIvor.

A small section in the once-sleepy town of Riverhead has sold for close to $400,000 - five times over its CV.

The words "double Grammar zone" plastered across a real estate billboard is enough to make any red-blooded agent salivate, writes Bernard Hickey.

You can make a standard KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal without the additional top-up from the HomeStart grant. Helen Twose talks about the rules.

State-owned bank now offering six-month rates of 5.19 per cent - and 4.59 per cent for a two-year term.

Bidding war for two-bedroom brick and tile Auckland bungalow pushes selling price to shocking $1.8 million.

REINZ figures show prices up $125,950 on last year as banks cut mortgage rates on back of Reserve's dropping interest rates to 2.75 per cent.

Most economists expect the bank to now retain an easing bias, with some tipping the rate to drop to 2 per cent.

Wheeler cited rising consent numbers as a bright spot in the Auckland housing sector when he gave his post-OCR briefing.