Trust is to the successful sale of a house as location is to buying one.

Great parks and schools make this a family favourite.

In Auckland, you'll need $40,000 or so as a deposit to scrape into some suburbs at entry level.

The world has just experienced its greatest financial crisis since the 1930s, with international credit availability all but ceasing for a period late in 2008.

Eat your heart out, Remuera. The tree-lined streets of Auckland's most noted, refined suburb.

Top-selling agents from four of Auckland's biggest real estate agencies give their assessment of how the market has been tracking in the past few months and, more importantly, where they think it's going.

A former market garden and holiday area offers coastal, community-oriented living at a reasonable price.

Auckland's largest real estate company says average sale prices for February were up by 3.2 per cent.

The number of new properties on the market surged in February but with buyers "cagey", the number of unsold houses has ballooned.

New Zealand home affordability improved slightly in January after a fall in median house prices more than offset a small increase in fixed mortgage rates.

Housing confidence is on the rise in Auckland, while a new survey is showing growing uncertainty about tax changes and rising interest rates.

Blue Chip co-founder Mark Bryers admits failing to keep accounting records in the lead-up to the collapse of his property empire.

The dream of first home ownership will be made easier by Prime Minister John Key's likely tax reforms, economists said today.

The status quo for property investors cannot be sustained, Tax Working Group member John Shewan says.

The vice-president of the Property Investors Federation is relieved that most housing tax options were ruled out in Prime Minister John Key's speech yesterday, but he is wary of what is to come.

The Auckland housing market slowed sharply in January with house prices and sales both well down.