One of the largest remaining privately owned blocks of land in inner Auckland is for sale.

In a speech to the Property Council this morning the Reserve Bank's deputy governor has gone on a charm offensive over its LVR restrictions.

Westpac has confirmed it is withdrawing mortgage pre-approvals for some customers following the introduction of the Reserve Bank's new lending restrictions.

We need to recognise our vulnerability in the global economy, writes Peter Lyons. The Reserve Bank should be applauded for trying to bring us to our senses.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating a North Shore residential property development deal after angry investors cried out that places were never built.

National property prices rose by $10,000 in September, taking the median house price back to a record high reached earlier this year.

The number of first home buyers in the market since the introduction of new Reserve Bank mortgage restrictions last month has plummeted, real estate agents are reporting.

Problem: you buy the perfect Northland beachfront section, on a calm, gently sloping beach - but how to get from your great smackingly beautiful house to your gigantic multi-level fast.

This $40m hideaway has been designed and built for Alexander Abramov to complement the coastal environment and is completely carbon neutral.

Housing affordability has improved slightly across New Zealand, with Auckland remaining the least affordable region and Southland the most affordable.

Editorial: The Government firmly believes the solution to rising prices lies in increasing the supply of houses, not dampening the demand for them by restricting loans or taxing investments.

An Auckland family have been awarded $147,000 after buying a leaky home in Te Atatu in 2009.

Sites of the Takapuna houses from last year's The Block renovation show are earmarked for buildings of at least four-storeys in the proposed Unitary Plan.

The first batch of 6000 new homes for fast-track residential development in Auckland has got a lukewarm response from property experts.

New Zealand property values rose at an 8.4 per cent annual pace last month ahead of the introduction of low-equity home lending restrictions,

Children's Lego house competition puts focus on Habitat homes for needy families.

More and more homeowners are paying thousands of dollars to have their houses dressed before putting them on the market.

A clifftop bach voted the most eco-friendly in New Zealand is no place to take your hairdrier or straightening iron - it may just blow up the power system.

A chip off The Block will be up for grabs after the TV3 show's four renovated homes have been sold.

A former Housing New Zealand tenant who claimed to have raised $1 million to buy her home has been ordered to pay back $39,000.

A controversial Northland luxury housing development on a pristine eastern coastline goes before independent hearing commissioners appointed by Auckland Council on Monday.

There is, of course, already a healthy degree of consensus between central and local government in the form of National's Housing Accord with Auckland Council..

Homeowners who pay to get their house valued on top of insurance bills will be left out of pocket if the estimation is too low - but won't get extra if their premium was based on an overvaluation.

Real estate companies are at odds over whether the introduction of lending restrictions has affected the property market.

The 16ha Doubtless Bay property is advertised as a four-hour drive or 45-minute helicopter ride from Auckland.