An exclusive seaside mansion at the centre of a heated quarrel between a retired couple and their son is still off the market - despite a High Court ordering a swift sale.

Our Government insists that a) fly-by buyers aren't part of the housing problem and b) it doesn't need any numbers to know this, writes Jolisa Gracewood.

Fashion designer Denise L'Estrange-Corbet had dreams of turning her daughter's bedroom into a library when Pebbles finally moved out of home.

The country's most expensive state home has sat empty for 18 months while neighbours in the same driveway endure rowdy trespassers - sparking a government-ordered review.

A property developer Tony Gapes will be back in control of one of NZ's most intensive affordable housing projects if he settles a debt within 20 days.

The woman who claims she could not afford a $73,750 annual Greenlane leasehold bill was involved in three other multimillion-dollar Auckland property investments.

A sorry list of deterioration to a $2 million-plus Auckland mansion at the heart of litigation against a lessee was read out in the High Court this morning.

A handful of Auckland pensioners have stopped developers in their tracks.

Labour and Greens have pulled their support for a law change which cracks down on migrant exploitation.

Leasehold land prices around Auckland's Cornwall Park go up about ten-fold when prices are reset every 21 years, the High Court at Auckland was told yesterday.

The housing crisis in London is seeing home prices spiral to records and prompting a developer to build discounted homes for those shut out of the boom.

Ground rent of $173k is being sought from Yong Xin Chen in a case being brought by the Cornwall Park Trust Board.

Real estate agent Jason Trowbridge didn't bother tidying up the rooms for the photos of the Grey Lynn villa he's trying to sell - he says any likely buyers will see past the mess.

Aspiring first-home buyers looking for a leg-up into the property market in yesterday's Budget had little to cheer about.

New Zealand is the fifth most popular place Chinese buyers look to purchase residential property, says a Chinese website.

Graeme Wheeler delivered a trenchant defence of the bank's curbs on high loan-to-value ratio home loans yesterday when challenged by National MP Jami-Lee Ross that the regime had been "almost too effective".

The Reserve Bank is indicating the removal of restrictions on high loan-to-value home loans may be gradual rather than a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair.

The Reserve Bank's restrictions on low deposit mortgage lending took more borrowing out of the system than expected.

The Housing Minister has revealed that Government held data on the proportion of NZ homes owned by offshore buyers, which he says is very low compared to other countries.

A home in New York's Hamptons on Further Lane is up for auction in what will be one of the area's biggest foreclosure sales.

A woman who walked away from her multi-million dollar Auckland house has failed to get legal costs in a battle over freezing assets.

The battle between National and Labour for the political high ground on housing affordability is a battle fought in large measure with statistics, writes John Armstrong.

Expectations that house prices have further to rise remain high in ASB's quarterly survey of housing market sentiment.

Another legal expert has raised concerns about the ownership of solar panels fixed to homes, backing this month's warning from Auckland District Law Society vice-president Joanna Pidgeon.