New Zealand needs to have a debate about our taxation system, our pension system and the looming clash of the generations, writes Bernard Hickey.

Owners of both commercial buildings and rental houses will no longer be able to claim depreciation on their investments.

An apartment owner in one of the country's worst-affected rotting blocks wants to help thousands of others through the leaky building nightmare.

NZ investors are not as keen on property, says a new report, with managed funds and KiwiSaver growing in popularity.

The government's description of the leaky building issue as a "natural disaster of huge proportions" is both a clever device and a dangerous precedent.

Budget depreciation rule changes could smack the multibillion-dollar commercial property sector with most of a $1.3bn bill.

Leaky-home owners are likely to flood the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service with applications so they meet strict eligibility rules for aid.

Property prices and sales fell in April, but the New Zealand residential property market is holding steady, says the Real Estate Institute.

Failed Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's unfiinished mansion is big enough to contain 13 average houses just on its floor space.

Angry neighbours say Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's $30m mansion has wiped hundreds of thousands of dollars off their own property values.

Uncertainty over next week's Budget with its potential for tax increases for landlords is being blamed for a sluggish property market.