A Housing New Zealand apartment complex has opened in Auckland and already received praise from its mostly elderly residents.

Auckland landlords are making more capital gains off their rental properties than those elsewhere, a trend predicted to speed up in the next few years.

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.

Auckland Council has told activist Penny Bright to pay $29,000 owed in rates within 10 days or risk losing her Kingsland home.

Fletcher Residential has approval to create 479 housing lots or sections in seven stages on the Manukau Golf Course.

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.

West Auckland and parts of South Auckland are no longer an easy leg up on the real estate ladder as prices continue to rise throughout the region, a new report says.

Auckland property sales figures from the region's biggest real estate company find steady prices for Feb, but an increase in listings.

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.

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."

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.