Two families have been accused of blocking a hapu from developing its coastal Northland property say they are out to protect the environment.

Would you rather a house in Auckland, or an island? We look at 10 private islands around the world that are cheaper than a home in NZ's biggest city.

Aucklanders seeking new, upmarket and apartment-style homes will be able to see what's on offer as part of a project designed to ease Auckland's housing problems.

Aucklanders are paying premium prices for average houses to be close to the city and good school zones.

Former All Black and radio host Marc Ellis has the green light to build a luxury beach house overlooking the Hauraki Gulf.

As fans of The Block flocked in for their first look inside the newly renovated houses yesterday, the contestants moved back to their real homes to await the auction.

A new website allows Auckland house-hunters to find their perfect neighbourhood by searching by lifestyle preference.

Drug-detecting dogs are running through the hallways, reception areas and carparks of Parnell's The Mirage apartments.

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

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.

New Zealand's most expensive new residential project is nearly finished so billionaire Russian steel magnate Alexander Abramov can holiday there soon.

The world's second-richest royal might soon sell his empty Auckland office block - and the building could become apartments.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Eight homeowners have abandoned exclusive Auckland leasehold properties to the Cornwall Park Trust Board.

A hard-nosed attitude by the Cornwall Park Trust Board is destroying property values, says one lessee.

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.