Mike O'Donnell's departure from Trade Me is a milestone for the listed auction site, as it works to maintain its dominance.

The country is enjoying high job growth, which is encouraging people to stay here rather than pack up for Australia, Trade Me says.

Traveling to countries like Egypt and Turkey in my 20s it was a given that you would have to bargain to buy something.

The New Zealand job market is thriving, with the number of job listings on Trade Me up 21 per cent on the same time last year.

Trade Me will probably succeed in forcing real estate agents to accept higher fees, adding $22.5 million of property advertising revenue by 2017.

The Commerce Commission has confirmed it is investigating real estate agents boycotting Trade Me.

Financial analysts have been querying the negative effects of real estate agents boycotting Trade Me and now the Commerce Commission has begun a probe.

From murky photos to snapping rusty taps and random clutter, hopeful home vendors face plenty of pitfalls when capturing images to display in real estate listings.

It's shaping up to be an outdoor Christmas for many Kiwis, a list of most searched for items on popular auction site Trade Me suggests.

A house allegedly used for making methamphetamine has had "phenomenal'' interest from potential buyers, the agent marketing it says.

Prospective buyers looking for a unique property in Auckland have been offered the chance to buy a house allegedly used to for manufacturing methamphetamine.

Some real estate agents plan to boycott Trade Me after it announced fee hikes labelled "extravagant" and "unaffordable" - a move that could impact on home-owners trying to sell privately.

An Auckland car salesman has been fined for placing fake bids on 405 online car auctions in an attempt to up the sale prices.

An Auckland car dealership has been rapped over the knuckles and ordered to pay compensation for trimming a year off the age of a car it sold through Trade Me.

Trade Me, New Zealand's largest online auction site, posted slower profit growth for 2013 and warned earnings growth would remain tepid in the coming year.

An Auckland car dealer who sold a van on TradeMe earlier this year misled bidders by describing the vehicle as "a Mitsubishi work horse" with a "reliable motor".

I've always found the language of Trade Me a little disingenuous. For instance, instead of 'buying stuff' you 'win auctions', writes David Chaplin.

Have you ever bid "too much" for something on Trade Me? You're not alone.

The director of an online car dealing company which placed thousands of bids on its own auctions didn't know the behaviour was illegal, his lawyer says.