The Government has announced all rental properties must be insulated and fitted out with smoke alarms within four years.

Buyer bids late to bag $810,000 Glen Innes home - but an expert says the strategy rarely works.

Housing supply in Auckland will not be a 2017 election issue simply because a lot of the issues highlighted and debated over the past few years will be well addressed or advanced by then, writes James Kellow.

Afraid of stuffing up at that all-important auction for a house? Here's how to win.

Auckland councillors have given the supporters of a screen precinct at Hobsonville Point four months to develop a viable plan.

Under current rules there are no specific size requirements for non-permanent accommodation - including 9sqm apartments.

Auckland's red-hot housing market has propelled New Zealand to almost top a new Asia-Pacific house price index.

Craig Elliffe writes: The officials' paper indicates an exemption will apply when you inherit a property from a deceased estate or have transferred as part of the property settlement.

It's 7.9sq m inside, has no kitchen, sink or toilet and fits little more than a single bed - but a buyer has just paid $104,000 for the shoebox living space.

A vast 155ha block of South Auckland land has been ear-marked for a 1800 new dwellings to help ease the city's housing crisis.

New stats show the familiar rise in Auckland house prices - but is the growth finally slowing?

Auckland house-hunters are being driven south as the city's red-hot market drives values - up 54pc since 2007.

Auckland housing affordability has fallen 10.2pc in the quarter - and 25 per cent over the previous 12 months.

Average asking prices for residential property in Auckland hits record high.

Building consents were static in May as dwindling demand in Auckland offset increased construction intentions in other parts of NZ.

Bill English's willingness to allow a foreign housing provider to buy NZ state houses veers close to allowing blind ideology to get the better of common sense, says John Armstrong.

Entry-level housing is now considered affordable in every region except Auckland, where the price has jumped by 38.2 per cent in the past two years.

A Chinese couple have taken a novel approach to quickly building Auckland homes - using a crane to swing four new units into place over just two days.

Watch as four new, million dollar homes are lifted into place on a Devonport site over just one weekend.

Watch this aerial view of four new, million dollar homes are lifted into place on a Devonport site over just one weekend.

The house was listed on Trade Me last week at a fee of about $500 - but despite rampant demand for Auckland real estate, the property had just two inquiries.

Auckland iwi Ngati Whatua has confirmed it will seek a judicial review of Government’s plan to sell off Crown land to private developers.

Rent hikes in Auckland have bucked the national trend, reaching a median weekly high of $490, Trade Me data shows.

A tenants' watchdog has warned rent increases risk pricing people out of Auckland's heated housing market, sparking homelessness and social problems.

The floodgates are set to open for Chinese buyers to pour billions into NZ real estate as restrictions on privately held capital are eased: report.

Framing is up for the first 20 houses at one of Auckland's biggest new housing estates.

Richlister John Copson is selling his multi-million dollar seafront slice of paradise in Milford.

The idea of an urban development authority, touted by experts for at least a decade, may again fall on deaf ears, writes Brian Rudman.