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Modest Auckland home sells for $2.4m - and it wasn't bought by a developer
Developers have been paying big bucks. Now homes are becoming too expensive for even them.
Exclusive poll: How Kiwis are really feeling about house prices
Should house prices rise or fall? Kiwis have their say and it may surprise you.
Election 2020: What's the plan to tackle the housing crisis? Policies compared
How the main political parties plan to deal with house prices and a shortage of homes.
Barfoot & Thompson, others call on National to back Healthy Homes standards
National wants to scrap new rental standards. Leading agent urges party to reconsider.
Andrew King: What we are telling landlords about heating rental homes
Comment: Property investors' lobby group urged members to ask tenants about heat pumps.
'Deeply disappointing': Landlords advised to hold off on heating until election result
Labour calls landlord advice 'deeply disappointing' and letting down their fellow Kiwis.
Revealed: The Covid effect on house prices - who's hot, who's not
However, housing market has shocked pundits with the speed of its return to normalcy.
Hot spots: Auckland's best suburbs to buy and sell homes
Mt Wellington has arguably become the city's best place to sell, new data shows.
'The brakes are on': House-price growth halts after early Covid-19 recovery
Auckland's housing market has changed from booming pre-Covid to flat over the past month.
House prices: Find out what your suburb's Auckland Council CV could have been
Auckland Council delayed its three-yearly CV estimates. Here's what they could have been.
The housing market change first-home buyers are begging for
First-home buyers are battling to save deposits. This change could make a huge difference.
Tenant pulls motorbike engine apart on bedroom carpet
Tenancy Tribunal told he made the damage worse by trying to repair it.
Landlord feared Covid-19 infection after tenant allegedly spat on him
But tenant Ritesh Prasad says landlord lied and worries where his family will now live.
Run-down Auckland house sells for $1.14m
House sold despite warnings house prices about to plunge due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Why house prices must fall - and why the news isn't all bad
Experts and investors take a deep dive into what to expect from post-Covid house prices.
Million-dollar shipping container for sale - with 7 acres of beachfront
Coastal land south of Auckland perfect for 'horsey' person or surfing Baby Boomer.
$1.6m portfolio: Investor buys four properties by age 25
A young Kiwi isn't letting the coronavirus slow him down as he buys his fourth property.
The three most affordable suburbs 10km from Auckland city
Where are Auckland's best-priced suburbs within a range of the CBD?
Almost 10 per cent tenants stopped paying rent or left rentals: landlords
Hardship for renters and landlords expected to get worse, property investors say.
Workers on Avatar film accuse landlord of coronavirus profiteering
Three film crew from Avatar's cancelled film set say landlord unfairly pocketed $20,000.
Free or cheaper Airbnb rentals offered to coronavirus medical workers
Airbnb wants to match medical workers tackling coronavirus with safe places to stay.
Tenants found moving house during lockdown warned by police
There is confusion over whether tenants and house sellers and buyers can move homes.
Property news around NZ
Four reasons house prices have gone from doom to 'boom' in less than six months
The property market has defied expectations.
Housing market boom: Auckland suburb tipped to hit $1b sales
Not since 2016 has iconic Remuera been running so hot.
Is this Auckland's cheapest property?
City apartment for less than $90,000.
Coronavirus rents: Thousands of Kiwi businesses might not have to pay
Businesses and commercial property owners need to check their leases to see who pays.
Landlords flooded with rent relief requests, tenants want Government help
Landlords and tenants urged to work together because both will need the other in downturn.
House sale confusion: Can buyers move into their new houses?
Settlements and house moving likely to be deferred but no official decision has been made.
Coronavirus lockdown: Wave of uncertainty sweeps NZ property market
New Zealand's lockdown has raised more questions than answers in the housing market.
Auckland first-home buyers at greatest risk from coronavirus pain: experts
Banks are urging any customers hit financially by the crisis to contact them early.
ANZ offers NZ's lowest ever home loan rate from a major bank
Bank drops one-year fixed home loan rate to 3.05 per cent.
Airbnb bookings 'collapse' as tourist numbers fall off a cliff
Now some Airbnb owners have turned to targeting guests needing to self-isolate.
KiwiBuild apartments sell seven times faster than other units: report
KiwiBuild flats are the "success story" of the Auckland apartment market, report says.
Māngere Millionaire's Club: Housing boom spreads to South Auckland
Humble Māngere home sets a record sale price above the million-dollar mark.
Real estate agent loses licence for altering her diary entries
High Court decision upheld earlier findings about serious misconduct and dishonesty.
Hong Kong family booted from Airbnb rental over coronavirus fears
Family claim Airbnb rental owner discriminated against them based on their nationality.
Semi-derelict Auckland clifftop home sells for $5m
Billed as the worst house in the best street, offers flooded in for the home.