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Auckland house price growth slows

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

Aucklanders flock to Tauranga

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

Will Auckland property ever be affordable?

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

Absolutely positively Wellington looks for real

$800k enough to put you off?

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

Building consents stall

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

John Armstrong: English bets the house on ideology

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.

Profits could end up overseas

An Australian housing provider that is considering buying state houses here could use any money generated on projects across the Ditch, Prime Minister John Key says.

Cartoon: State housing farce

Rent hikes to cover rates increase

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

Chinese investment set to boom

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.

First homes almost ready at giant Springpark estate

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

Luxury home put on the market

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

Brian Rudman: Let's get together on housing - again

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

Brian Fallow: Busting open the land banks

A land-buying agency with compulsory acquisition powers is the most radical of the Productivity Commission's proposals for dealing with Auckland's housing crisis.

How to solve housing crisis

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

Pensioner homes set to pass

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.

Apartment boom for Auckland suburbs

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.