The Bankers Association is critical of Reserve Bank proposals to increase the amount of capital banks have to hold against home loans with a high loan-to-value ratio (LVR).

If Auckland's housing woes can in part be laid at the door of residential investors as alleged, simply ban them, writes Bob Jones.

As one of the world's richest individuals he is unlikely to be too bothered, but the Sultan of Brunei has had trouble shifting some of his real estate he owns in New Zealand.

Auckland Council and the Government will create a working party to look at urgent issues relating to the city's housing crisis.

Homeowners looking to cash in on the skyrocketing prices of their central Auckland properties could be the reason for a levelling off or fall in rental costs.

A large slice of prime beachfront real estate is shaping up as the next battleground for those opposed to multilevel housing.

Damien Grant believes selling in an overheated market is a smart move but paying 3 per cent of the asset's value to a real estate agent isn't.

A new strategy is needed if we want young families to be able to buy homes as their parents and grandparents did, writes Jeff Walters. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix.

A World War II soldier's smart investment in prime Auckland land has provided a windfall for his family 80 years later.

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.

Fifty million dollars worth of new homes are set to be built in Tauranga after being given council approval over summer.

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.

For the first time, the BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Survey this month sought 572 real estate agents' views about overseas buyers.

The community housing sector in Auckland, which elsewhere would be in the market for developer-supplied affordable housing, is neither strong nor vibrant, writes Brian Rudman.

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.