It could be the best house on The Block but it hasn't been touched by contestants on the popular home renovation show.

First-home buyers shut out of the Auckland housing market could soon be spoiled for affordable choices if proposed changes to the Unitary Plan go ahead, property experts say.

Is Auckland heading towards a 'San Diego effect'? - where housing becomes so unaffordable most workers can no longer afford to live in a city.

The family home of party pills godfather Matt Bowden has sold to a local man at a mortgagee sale for $1.8 million.

Despite constantly forging new records, property buyers expect house prices will continue to increase.

New Zealand residential building consents fell 4.1 per cent in June as construction intentions in Canterbury tapered off.

Figures showing bank loans to investors outnumbering first-home buyers by three to one are hard evidence of what has undoubtedly been happening for a long time.

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.

Sydney just hit the million-dollar mark and property prices in Auckland show no sign of slowing down either.

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.

Prime Minister John Key has opened the door to possible restrictions on foreign buyers if information gained shows high numbers of foreigners are buying in New Zealand.

Auckland’s top Barfoot & Thompson real estate agent says most of the clients she sells homes to are people who live here, not China.

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.