Two real estate bosses have now backed a foreign buyers' register.

New Zealand's worsening housing affordability problem is causing serious social problems.

A historic boarding house that was originally built for Auckland's first European son has been sold under the hammer for $2.87 million.

Top Auckland real estate chief executive Peter Thompson says it's time for a register of foreign buyers in the residential housing market.

The reason the Chinese are singled out is because of a handful of well-publicised transactions, writes Christopher Niesche.

Auckland's biggest real estate agency chain was named this year's big winner at the Real Estate Institute awards.

Exclusive: A wealthy couple who have donated generously to the National Party are cashing up more than $26 million of property in Auckland.

Interactive map shows house-by-house broadband coverage - and minister believes it will be popular with house-hunters.

Part of the Ministry of Education's lawsuit against Carter Holt Harvey has been thrown out but the bulk of the litigation remains.

There has never been a better time to pull out his term "crisitunity", writes Eric Crampton.

Consultancy firm EY says new rules aimed at tracking offshore property buyers could end up increasing compliance costs to taxpayers.

John Key does not need know how many Auckland houses are sold to foreign buyers to see banning such sales is a bad policy, writes Jamie Whyte. Foreign buyers make New Zealanders altogether better off. The more the better.

Those expecting fireworks in John Key and Andrew Little's first encounter since the Chinese-sounding-surname debate broke out were sorely disappointed, writes Claire Trevett.

Brian Rudman asks, how many buildings does the panel think can penetrate a viewshaft before the view becomes as extinct as the volcano we can no longer see?

NZIER's Peter Wilson looks at the bright side for Auckland - its challenges are the kind that other cities would love to have.

Finance Minister says Chinese counterparts have expressed concern to him, saying debate on foreign buyers more "hard-edged" in NZ than in other countries.

An agent from Auckland's biggest residential real estate business says some buyers are trying to beat the Government's new property speculator restrictions.

The Property Institute has vowed to find out how many foreigners are buying Auckland houses and what influence they are having on the market.

An Auckland real estate agent says "some groups of buyers" are trying to beat the Government's new restrictions on foreign property purchases due in October.

There is a important debate to be had about foreign investment in NZ because we are a small, open economy and a big shift in global trends can have a disproportionate impact, writes Liam Dann.

The 226-unit block is being promoted as on "the Nanjing Road of Auckland" and is due to rise on Real Groovy's Queen St site near Karangahape Rd.

Singles on an average income have no hope of quickly saving a deposit to buy their first home, particularly in Sydney.

Colliers' advertising in China for Auckland apartments talks up soft rules.

Neighbours in Auckland's prestigious Paritai Drive are fighting moves to tag their properties with a Maori heritage designation.

Winston Peters says Labour has previously accused him of xenophobia and racism on the issue, but now "they've finally cottoned on to what is going on."

The form letter posted to numbers "68 to 110a Paritai Drive" was not well-received by residents of one of Auckland's most wealthy streets.

The former empire of legal-highs godfather Matt Bowden is disintegrating - three of his properties, worth more than $5 million, are listed for mortgagee sale.

Labour has lifted by six points to its highest level since March 2014 in the Roy Morgan Poll.

Former Labour party official attacks leadership for singling out Chinese people: "I am Maori. My wife is of Chinese descent. My money is not foreign."

Exactly where does the housing ladder lead, asks Brian Fallow - to financial security, or to years and years of debt servitude?