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![Mortgage wars: Banks prune rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mortgage wars: Banks prune rates
Banks have started cutting interest rates as the busy house-hunting season heats up. So how will it affect would-be home-buyers?
![Auckland values to rise throughout 2015](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland values to rise throughout 2015
Auckland house values rose at almost twice the rate of the rest of New Zealand, up 9.8 per cent or $68,309 in the last year.
![Peter Calder: Swimming against the developers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Peter Calder: Swimming against the developers
It took longer than it should have before I noticed the name on the letterbox in the middle of Woolleys Bay.
![Smaller homes' asking prices rise faster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Smaller homes' asking prices rise faster
Bigger is better? Not when it comes to the price we're putting on selling smaller homes, according to new figures out from Trade Me.
![Ahoy there, pirate ship house for sale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Ahoy there, pirate ship house for sale
A three-storey home which boasts a pool with its own pirate ship is up for sale - to anyone who can scrape together a $2,950,000 booty.
![Mellons Bay home 2014's juiciest sale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mellons Bay home 2014's juiciest sale
An overseas buyer paid more than $17 million for an Auckland mansion in what is now believed to have been the biggest residential property sale of last year.
![Auckland's Xmas house boom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland's Xmas house boom
New figures show Auckland property sales were the biggest in December for a decade - but it seems there's now a severe dearth of listings.
![Top homes for sale: Dream home by Lake Taupo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Top homes for sale: Dream home by Lake Taupo
Robyn and Michael Higgins built their dream home in Wharewaka on the shores of Lake Taupo, and they even included a proper man cave. But a year later, they were hit by tragedy.
![Couples fight for $2.9 million home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Couples fight for $2.9 million home
A luxury Remuera home described as totally rebuilt and in the sought-after Grammar Zone has sold nearly twice its new Auckland Council rating valuation.
![36th floor penthouse leads home sales](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
36th floor penthouse leads home sales
The sale of a luxury Auckland penthouse for almost $8 million in May was the year's most expensive residential property purchase nationwide.
![Housing: Pasifika hit hard by shortage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Housing: Pasifika hit hard by shortage
Pacific Island people, the poor and the young are bearing the brunt of Auckland's housing crisis through falling home ownership rates and crowding, a new report shows.
![Council's plan for meth houses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Council's plan for meth houses
Auckland Council has undertaken a review of guidelines for methamphetamine-contaminated properties and developed tough new proposals to be implemented next month.
![Weekly rents rise 5.3pc in November](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weekly rents rise 5.3pc in November
National housing rents rose at an annual pace of 5.3pc in November, as rental prices continue to plateau, according to Trade Me.
![Block homes still empty a month later](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Block homes still empty a month later
Almost a month after The Block's finale, new owners are yet to move into the four houses featured on the hit TV3 reality series.
![Lawrence Yule: Wider approach needed on housing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Lawrence Yule: Wider approach needed on housing
Apart from those planning on cashing up and moving away, the overheated market is a challenge for Auckland dwellers, writes Lawrence Yule. Buying in Auckland has simply become impossible for many.
![Leap in $1 million-plus property sales](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Leap in $1 million-plus property sales
Owners of top-end homes are getting richer the fastest, with strongest price growth in the $1 million-plus category, while people who own lower-priced places are not reaping the same rewards, data shows.
![At the landlord's mercy, for life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
At the landlord's mercy, for life
A life-time of renting is becoming a reality for many New Zealanders, a survey shows, as the need for large deposits and big mortgages block their way to home ownership.
![Dr Susan Flint-Hartle: Homeownership dreams need to get with the times](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dr Susan Flint-Hartle: Homeownership dreams need to get with the times
NZ has changed dramatically in the last 20 years and so must our approach to property as an asset, writes Dr Susan Flint-Hartle.
![Wynyard complex gets ready for sale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wynyard complex gets ready for sale
Pre-sales of the first of 500 to 600 new Wynyard Quarter apartments start in February and the first show-home is being built.
![Auckland property has $1 reserve](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland property has $1 reserve
An Auckland real estate agent is taking a leap of faith in the hot property market - by auctioning his own property for a $1 reserve.
![Middle-age mortgage? No way](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Middle-age mortgage? No way
Middle-aged home buyers face being locked out of the property market because banks are worried they are too old to pay off their mortgage before they retire.
![1970s house buy a winner - but it's 'not typical'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
1970s house buy a winner - but it's 'not typical'
Buying a house for next to nothing by today's standards in the 1970s has worked out well for John Robertson.
![Maria Hurley: Residents battle developers over central city](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Maria Hurley: Residents battle developers over central city
As a wave of pro-intensification development sweeps Auckland more residents will find themselves battling to preserve the character of their neighbourhoods.
![Property prices hit new high](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Property prices hit new high
Auckland properties sold by the city's biggest agency, Barfoot & Thompson, have hit a new all-time price high of $756,909, up $20,671 in just 30 days.
![30pc of new valuations 'wildly wrong'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
30pc of new valuations 'wildly wrong'
Valuations on about 30 per cent of Auckland properties - around 135,000 homes - are "wildly wrong", a valuation business claims.
![Mystique to 'magic' Coatesville home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mystique to 'magic' Coatesville home
A Coatesville villa that may have once been home to artist Charles Frederick Goldie is on the market for nearly $2.7 million.