Would-be homeowners in Auckland can be optimistic after new figures show the number of consents for new houses, sections and apartments in Auckland are on track.

One of New Zealand's most expensive homes is at the centre of a million dollar dispute over a construction botch-up.

There's nothing romantic or magical these days about buying your first home. In fact, it's difficult not to come away from the process feeling bloodied, cynical, bitter and poorer.

New Zealand's inbound migration rose to a 10-year high last month, as China overtook the UK to become the biggest source of net migrants for the first time in a decade.

A dated kitchen and bathroom, small living areas and a total floor space of just 94sq m - this is what $1.4 million-plus will get you in Ponsonby.

Editorial: It can be easy to jump to assumptions about statistics, especially if they appear to support a particular agenda.

We're increasingly becoming a nation of renters with less than half of us now owning our own place, Census data shows.

The number of homeowners in New Zealand continues to fall, with fewer than half of all Kiwis owning their own property, new Census figures show.

New Zealand First wants to limit foreign ownership of residential property, and ban foreign boats and crews from fishing New Zealand waters.

Kiwibank has announced it will lift its home loan rates in response to yesterday's Reserve Bank decision to increase the Official Cash Rate.

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has signalled an aggressive, front-loaded start to the interest rate cycle now under way.

Properties available for rent around New Zealand for between $400-450 vary in size, storage and swimming pools.

The New Zealand dollar jumped to a five-month high after the Reserve Bank raised the benchmark interest rate as expected and signalled further hikes are on the way.

Mortgage brokers are urging borrowers to fix the interest rates on their loans and say it's not too late despite an expected increase in the official cash rate tomorrow.

New Zealand house prices rose in February reversing the falls of December and January, according to just released REINZ figures.

Auckland's historic Greys Ave flats will be refurbished, but the carpark behind them may be sold off for commercial development.

Property expert Jonno Ingerson joined us for a live chat, with the Reserve Bank expected to lift official interest rates later this week.

An inexperienced and "naive" real estate agent who pressured a couple into making an unconditional offer has been found guilty of unsatisfactory conduct.

A real estate agent who photoshopped mould out of a property advertisement has been found guilty of unsatisfactory conduct by the Real Estate Agents Authority.

New tighter lending restrictions don't appear to have done anything to stop house prices rising, and the country's biggest house sale website has found record-level interest.

A Hobsonville Pt home owner says he has made a paper profit of about $200,000 in just two years.

Reserve Bank restrictions on home lending have "changed the game" for New Zealand's banks and created unintended consequences, says a new report.

Labour's Maori Affairs spokesman Shane Jones has slammed a new rule requiring Auckland property owners to seek iwi approval to work on sites significant to Maori.

The public will be able to step inside 10 of Waiheke Island's most exclusive homes during the Waiheke House Tour.

A new rule requiring homeowners and businesses to seek iwi approval to work on sites of cultural and heritage value to Maori is set to be debated by councillors today.

A $1.3 million 110-year-old Ponsonby villa is getting a high-profile makeover in what the owner hopes could result in a $2 million-plus sale.

The council's claims of high levels of design control are illusory and don't stack up, writes Richard Burton. "Very few residential developments will require a resource consent."

At more than $6.7 million, a luxury Auckland penthouse is one of the city's most expensive apartments ever sold - and it hasn't even been built.

Paula and Joseph Anderson fear a motorway slicing through their bush-clad valley south of Warkworth will take at least $1 million off the value of their secluded property.