In the last year, Auckland house prices were up 16 per cent and it is expected pressures will build up house prices even more.

Home loans became more affordable last month, with the typical home buyer saving $30 per week on mortgage repayments compared to December.

New Zealand's biggest off-site housing manufacturer received a $287,500 Government grant before Prime Minister John Key opened its Kumeu factory.

Mortgage lenders have noticed an upswing in the number of people withdrawing money from KiwiSaver for a first home.

Pip Smit of the Bay of Plenty's Beachrentals.net.nz was unhappy to discover his Trade Me advertisement to rent a Beach property had been copied and put on to another website.

The expected price for smaller Auckland homes is continuing to increase, with Trade Me reporting a 26.5 per cent jump for properties of one and two bedrooms.

Rentals for the top 10 most popular "Bach Escapes" in Auckland regional parks are going up by 15 per cent, though summer holiday peak rates of $168 to $222 a night are still modest compared with those expected by private owners.

Erica Hannam and Richard Tout are restoring their heritage-listed Northcote Pt villa but are concerned about the proposed SkyPath pedestrian and cycle way.

Walt Glazer asks whether Auckland should become the Hong Kong of the South Pacific or remain a Kiwi oasis of security for the future.

Contestants in Television New Zealand's new hit DIY reality show may face tax bills of many thousands of dollars.

Mark Zuckerberg is in a dispute with a property developer who claims the Facebook chief executive broke his promise.

Finance Minister Bill English has responded to a warning about a “sharp correction” in the housing market, saying that skyrocketing house prices “cannot go on forever”.

House-hunters have lost thousands of dollars after paying deposits for Auckland rental properties advertised by overseas scammers.

Twelve more areas in Auckland, Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty have been designated Special Housing Areas, bringing the total to 100, says Housing Minister Nick Smith.

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has hosed down speculation he is minded to cut the official cash rate any time soon, say economists.

New Zealand's first factory turning out finished houses has opened in Wellington, aiming to produce up to 500 places annually.

Auckland homeowners are finding themselves unable to sell, because they can't find another place to buy due to a listings drought.

New listing activity has started to pick up but unless there are far more than we saw last year then supply is likely to remain less than demand.

The word is that because there is so little to choose from when it comes to finding a property, the mindset among many wannabe movers seems to be “there’s no point selling because there’s nothing to buy”.

Auckland's booming property market is running out of student accommodation. At one inner-city property this week, up to 150 desperate renters queued up at an open home.

House-building approval numbers jumped 16 per cent last year when consents were granted for 24,680 new dwellings.

Auckland: "There are few places on earth one might change so radically and so fast" - Nat Cheshire, architect.

In part four of the Herald series on how to make Auckland better, we look at the pros and cons of health-care in New Zealand's biggest city.

In the third of our five-part Future Auckland series, we aim to stimulate debate.

Prime Minister John Key has said apartments are an option for first-home buyers. Property editor Anne Gibson explores the pros and cons.

Parents could save hundreds of thousands of dollars by skipping houses in elite school zones and paying to privately educate their kids elsewhere instead.