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.

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.

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 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?

About 50 Chinese buyers packed a real estate agency office in Epsom, and snapped up 23 sections within minutes of release yesterday.

The heritage lobby is predicting wholesale destruction of the city's character suburbs following an interim call to loosen heritage rules.

Sacked real estate agent says he's never spoken to anyone in the Labour Party.

The founder of a Mandarin property website says the true buyers from China are migrants and those looking for good schools.

In a week when Chinese buyers have been singled out for pushing up house prices, wealthy developer Donghua Liu is nearly ready to build 500 apartments in Auckland.

Phil Twyford says Auckland owes a real estate employee who leaked data about thousands of real estate deals a “debt of gratitude”.

The number of French interested in buying Kiwi land has grown enough to warrant one locally based Frenchman to establish a French real-estate business.

The Government's proposed foreign house buyer law change could damage NZ's international reputation, a Parliamentary select committee heard yesterday.

Labour used leaked data to show the amount of residential sales in Auckland to people with Chinese surnames

Landlords, lawyers, real estate agents and accountants have presented submissions to the Parliamentary select committee.

The debate about non-resident Chinese buying Auckland houses could hurt bilateral relations and Labour has already done "immeasurable" damage to the links between the two countries, says a top boss.

A group of Chinese individuals and businesses are planning on taking out a full-page advertisement in the Herald to speak out against housing claims.

Comedian weighs in on the property debate: "Being Chinese in New Zealand always puts you on the back foot."

Juwai.com has surveyed users and found 36 per cent of people spoken to bought property in New Zealand for investment.

Former deputy PM Sir Don McKinnon says we need to have a national debate on housing that avoids sending mixed messages to valued overseas partners.

Labour leader says "the issue isn't about being Chinese, it's about non-resident foreign buyers".

Chinese newspaper accuses Labour of racism over property market data.

One of NZ's biggest off-site housing manufacturers is now in liquidation, but creditors have hope of getting paid.

Chinese people work and save hard to buy Auckland residential property, while Kiwis spend up large - that's the tenor of responses to figures released by Labour.

Director of Auckland's biggest real estate firm says company is “seeking advice” following the leaking of sales data.

Phil Twyford writes: Here's the thing. We do need to have a mature public debate about Chinese foreign investment in New Zealand real estate.