Auckland's rental crisis is worsening, with prices rising 7 per cent in a year and desperate tenants going to extreme measures including offering to pay six months' rent in advance.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Blue Chip's Mark Bryers for non-payment of a fine.

They won't advertise it, but many real estate agents are already offering cut-price commissions in a bid to secure sales, says a leading property commentator.

Some real estate agents face investigation for allegedly falsely claiming that houses were designed by architects.

Flat-hunters and those wanting a flatmate have been conned by scammers who lure their victims into sending money overseas.

Box Living aims for the higher end of NZ's design-and-build house market.

A solo mother of three children has been given 90 days notice by her landlord and Housing NZ won't open her file for two months.

Rental prices have risen in many areas of Auckland over the past year with a real estate agency expecting another surge because of a shortage.

Demand for rental property in Auckland is at crisis point, with some houses now attracting as many as 200 would-be tenants.

Best performers buck trend of falling house prices since peak back in 2007.

The Real Estate Agents Authority has laid charges against a Wellington property company for allegedly buying and selling property without a licence.

The receiver of South Canterbury Finance (SCF) is welcoming a council to allow a residential development on the outskirts of Christchurch.

The former real estate agent found guilty of a $13.5m mortgage scam has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

Housing lending fell in December, month-on-month, for the first since Reserve Bank records began.

NZ houses are among the world's most expensive when incomes are taken into account, says a major survey released today.

Construction of one of NZ's most significant new houses, with water on three sides, is almost finished.