John Key has indicated the Govt is open to reform which trades personal income tax cuts for some form of tax on investment property.

House prices have hit an all-time high but economists remain sceptical, saying higher mortgage interest rates are dampening the market.

Economists are picking the Reserve Bank to start lifting the Official Cash Rate by at least the end of June.

House prices rose a modest 1.4 per cent in December, but ended the year nearly 10 per cent up from the year before.

Building consent stats released this morning show a 3.1 per cent jump in the number of new homes authorised for construction in November - the highest level since May 2008.

Quotable Value figures show a dramatic and unexpected turnaround in property values in the past 12 months.

An anti-drug campaigner is calling for tougher regulations to ensure Kiwis know if their house has been used a P-lab.

Boom or bust? Property writer Anne Gibson looks at predictions for the year.

Buyers - rich and not so rich - have almost unprecedented opportunities this summer to nab their very own pieces of cut-price paradise.

A new kind of real estate agent – known as an EcoBroker - has entered the Kiwi housing market.