The real estate storm has seen prices fall by as much as 25 per cent.

Big money is being lost on waterfront land sales.

Builders from around the country see a goldmine of work awaiting them in quake-torn Christchurch.

An offer by property developer Patrick Fontein to repay creditors owed $93.9 million has been met with disdain from the BNZ.

The Govt hopes a new state house will be a heartening example for first-home owners.

Property developer Hugh Pavletich says more land around the fringes of Christchurch should be opened for building.

The real estate sector stayed gloomy in August, with sale numbers slumping and prices barely changed.

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Dozens of people buying and selling homes in Christchurch face delays as buyers fail to finalise sales, forcing sellers to default on contracts.

EQC-trained building inspector Peter Wei examined four homes in Auckland to see what improvements could make them safer in a natural disaster.

They're doing it tough out there in the regional towns and cities, and it will get tougher yet, reports Bruce Morris.

Grey Lynn was a slum housing area of Auckland 80 or 90 years ago. Today it's the city's high-flyer, writes Bruce Morris.

The answer depends on your motives, writes Bruce Morris.

Once notorious, now fashionable, reports Ashley Campbell.