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.

"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.

New Zealand house values continue to soar but the booming market is no longer being propped up by property powerhouses Auckland and Christchurch.

Three weeks since ASB kicked off competition among banks for the year, Westpac has this morning announced cuts to three of its fixed mortgage rates.

Housing affordability and the difficulty of buying a new first home have led to a review of the way councils charge property developers.

Auckland's property market had a booming January, with one real estate company selling 78pc more homes worth more than $1 million than the same month last year.

It's time for a dose of fatalism and some common sense when it comes to dealing with earthquake-prone buildings across New Zealand in the wake of the Christchurch quakes.

A real estate agent who gave a first-home buyer incorrect information has been found guilty of "sloppy and unprofessional" conduct.

Max Byrnes, a Manukau Golf Club neighbour, fears for the Conifer Grove area when Fletcher Building puts up hundreds of houses.

What a lost opportunity at a time when the council is on a crusade to convert Aucklanders to the joys of intensive housing, writes Brian Rudman.

New Zealanders are showing a rising resistance to overseas investors, a business survey has found.

So coos the sugar-encrusted, but hollow-sounding real estate-speak intent on seducing would-be home buyers and hard-headed investors into succumbing to the charms of life at Hobsonville Pt.

A slight rebound in the number of new home listings last month did little to alleviate pressure in the property market.