Businessman and magazine editor Tyler Brule says Waiheke Island reminds him of Tuscany.

The towns of Pukekohe and Warkworth and communities served by the Northwestern Motorway are among rural areas earmarked to contribute to Auckland's population.

Aucklanders have never embraced the kind of concentrated living arrangements envisioned in the Unitary Plan, writes Dick Quax.

Milford on Auckland's magnificent North Shore ticks all the right boxes for residential intensification.

Auckland has 2000 new sections ready to build houses on, says Mayor Len Brown, who last month claimed there was enough land for 15,000 homes.

Developers could receive ratepayer subsidies to build $1 million-plus apartments at a swanky housing development at Wynyard Quarter on the Auckland waterfront.

New Housing Minister Nick Smith is vowing to break the "stranglehold" of Auckland Council's policy of containing urban sprawl .

Affordable housing will be missing when Auckland Mayor Len Brown unveils plans today for a swanky new housing development at Wynyard Quarter on the waterfront.

To get a feel for what lies ahead in the field of bricks and mortar, Bruce Morris puts questions to three housing market experts.

Leaky home owners in Tauranga face paying more than $25 million to weatherproof their homes.

Landlords are crying poor and seeking financial assistance in the face of proposals to strengthen thousands of old buildings.

An appeal by a real estate agent found guilty of breaching professional standards after he listed the wrong property for sale has been thrown out.

Home-building consents fell last month as a drop in approvals for apartments offset gains for other types of dwellings

Bill English says the greatest influence on the housing market will continue to be interest rates and supply constraints created by the planning system, writes Brian Fallow.

A North Shore couple with a Down syndrome daughter say they are under severe stress and unable to repair leaky townhouses due to a three-year battle to get money.

House hunters are doing it tough - with a majority of those looking to buy in Auckland rating it as a bad time to buy.

More than half of Auckland's residential land is to be rezoned for apartments and intensification to squeeze in a million extra people by 2040.

We now have a tax system that favours the investor over any family wanting to own a home of their own - regardless of price, writes Alan Dudson.

Editorial: A contributor to our website today suggests an interesting way to make houses more affordable for young people seeking their first homes.

"Is National planning to confiscate private property to get houses built on it?" asks Tim Hazledine. "Labour has come out with a promise to build 100,000 new houses, which turns out to be half-baked in its lack of detail."

Kiwibank has today launched a six-month fixed home loan rate of 4.79 per cent, the bank's lowest rate in its 11-year history.

Join us at noon today for a live chat with Geoff Cooper, economist for Auckland City.

Auckland's critical housing shortage worsened again last year - but the gap between population growth and house-building may be closing at last.

Residents of Takapuna high-rise apartment block The Sentinel plan to spend $470,000 on a big outdoor podium upgrade of their tower in a project due to start on Monday.