SFO alleges deception involved inflating the purchase price of property.

Real estate figures for July show small price rises and a five per cent jump in the number of sales.

Auckland house prices will rise by almost 30pc in the next three years putting the city ahead of every other region, a study predicts.

House prices will rise by 24pc over the next three years due to low interest rates and a shortage of new housing, report predicts.

First-time homebuyers are being told to set aside suburb snobbery if they want to get on to the property ladder.