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Glendowie waterfront attraction

This two-storey concrete block-and-cedar-clad home has seductive views of Tamaki Estuary and the Hauraki Gulf.

Nature's playground in Remuera

This stylishly restored villa with wide views over Ngataringa Bay makes a superb family home.

Buyers urged to challenge architect tag

Home buyers are being urged to challenge estate agents who claim houses are architecturally designed after new moves that relax how properties can be marketed.

Mai Chen: Start scaling greasy pole of party politics

Ruling widens 'architect home' tag

Estate agents have been given the all-clear to describe houses as architecturally designed - even if the creators are not registered professionals.

Asians eye NZ property in marriage bid

Non-resident Asians are buying Auckland houses and apartments to enhance their marriage prospects, an academic claims.

Brian Rudman: It's bold, but Labour housing scheme looks do able

Any young Aucklander seeking to buy a first home, knows from bitter experience that the sainted "market" is failing to deliver homes they can afford, writes Brian Rudman.

Kiwi build solid base for future at last

Editorial: It sounds so simple it raises the question why the present Government has not done it, or the previous Government for that matter,

Live Chat replay: Real estate and property prices

See a reply of our live chat about property and real estate with Wendy Alexander, chief executive of real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson.

Set for serious solar savings in suburbs

Cabins the latest property option

Expert urges caution in 'bargain' mortgagee sales

$3m bill – and no home

A court has ordered a couple to pay about $3 million for a seaside mansion in Auckland that they never owned or lived in.

Auckland homes for under $500k

Realestate.co.nz searched for three-bedroom, standalone properties on freehold land. Here are some examples. All photos supplied by Realestate.co.nz.

Where you can buy for $500K

First-home buyers say they are being shut out of the Auckland property market as prices skyrocket. Where can house-hunters still buy for under $500,000?

Hobsonville housing quota reinstated

The Government has reinstated plans to allocate a percentage of the houses at Hobsonville Point in Auckland as affordable homes priced under $485,000.

English: House price rise is no surprise

A rise in household incomes that is greater than the average house price rise makes recent real estate market buoyancy unsurprising, says Bill English.

Auckland’s top selling residential street

Auckland's biggest selling residential street, Manuka Rd on the North Shore, has had 45 homes sold in the past 12 months.