Moves to take the heat out of the Auckland housing market appear to be having an effect.

Pakuranga Plaza will become a new "urban village", with a hotel, community facilities, apartments, offices and more shops in a $500 million upgrade.

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.

Auckland has grown by around 100,000 people since amalgamation in 2010, writes Auckland's Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse.That's the population of Lower Hutt.

My town actually went backwards in the last QV figures, with one real estate company listing a solid three-bedroom home for $45,000, writes Mark Ebrey.

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.

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

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

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.

A Whangarei couple have spent three months sleeping on a mattress on the floor as they battle to settle an insurance claim.

The average asking price for an Auckland apartment has risen 49 per cent in just 12 months.

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.

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

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

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.