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.

Compulsory acquisition of land by an urban development authority for large-scale developments is the latest idea to tackle Auckland's housing crisis.

Auckland Council's 1400 pensioner homes look set to pass to a new community-controlled entity to be redeveloped into more intensive housing, partly for sale to private buyers.

Nearly 6000 new apartments are set to be built across Auckland over the next three years, with most planned for suburban and city fringe areas, new research reveals.

In the early 20th century, suburban New Zealand was seldom the bucolic paradise that a nostalgic glance in its direction might suggest.

Anger is building about the poor condition of rental properties in New Zealand writes Dr Bryce Edwards.

One of the surplus land holdings shown off to journalists as available for an affordable housing partnership had already been offered to iwi.

Record numbers of people are sleeping rough or in cars as Auckland's desperate housing shortage makes life harder than ever for those at the bottom.

OPINION: Landlord Tim Duffett says it's time to change the whole way we rent homes in New Zealand.

House prices in Hong Kong have risen at the fastest pace of any country in the world over the 12 months to March.

Government and Auckland iwi are headed to court over plans to sell off up to 500 hectares of surplus Crown land to private developers.

Vested interests are preventing any meaningful solutions to New Zealand’s housing crisis from being proposed or implemented, writes Bryce Edwards.

One of National’s major housing policies has turned into a “slow motion train crash” after iwi confirmed plans to challenge it in court.

Tribes have decided to go to court to challenge the Government's interpretation of "right of first refusal" in light of moves to free up land for private housing developments.

An over-supply of low-quality CBD apartments risks sparking a crash that could see prices plunge.

Australia's house price gains are expected to slow although prices are unlikely to fall in the near-term, an investment bank says.

Proposed housing measures could create an "apartment bubble", the Property Institute warns.

Auckland needs to grow "up" and it needs political leadership to convince those on the isthmus to embrace that growth, writes Bernard Hickey.

If you're an Aucklander and you own a house, you've probably given yourself a little congratulatory hug this week, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

Major banks are set to drop deposit thresholds for apartments, making it easier for cash-strapped first-home hunters to get a foot in Auckland's rampant property market.

The overheated Auckland housing market is causing concern for many, but for law firms the bubble is proving to be a bonus.

The Government has fast-tracked the building of a further 1000 houses and apartments at Hobsonville Pt and about 300 of those will cost less than $550,000.