Banking and financeMary Holm: Banks should cope if housing divesWhatever lies ahead, your best bet is to avoid any position in which you have to sell - mortgagee sale or not, advises Mary Holm.15 May 05:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Russell: Speculators can pay their wayWhen Graeme Wheeler introduced the Reserve Bank's new rules for property investment in Auckland, he said that it was only one tool to manage the housing crisis.14 May 09:30 PM
Banking and financeThe $500K solution for housing crisisHead of Auckland's biggest real estate company wants urges $500k deposit for homes worth over $1.5 million and ditching LVR for homes under $500k.14 May 05:00 PM
OpinionAnne GibsonAnne Gibson: Thumbs up for lending rulesDampening highly geared speculators' appetite for the Auckland cash-box housing market got the thumbs up from many quarters yesterday.13 May 07:00 PM
OpinionGood news for home buyersEditorial: The Government continues to insist unaffordable prices are entirely caused by a shortage of houses, but the bank has long recognised that demand has to be tackled too.13 May 05:00 PM
Banking and financeNew housing rules: How will you fare?Investor association slams Reserve Bank’s bid to rein in Auckland house prices, saying it will push up rents and ruin first home buyers' chances.13 May 05:00 PM
Banking and financeBank chief: There is no housing bubbleA second banking chief has denied Auckland has a housing bubble, saying many factors were combining to drive prices up including the city's sheer desirability.11 May 05:00 PM
InvestmentAll-night vigil for home buyersDesperate home-buyers have resorted to sleeping in cars overnight in the hope of securing one of 12 sections when they go up for sale this morning.08 May 05:30 PM
OpinionAndrew King: Why I think there's no housing bubble in AucklandAndrew King of the NZ Property Investors Federation outlines the main concerns around housing in Auckland - and clears up some of the facts.06 May 12:00 AM
ConstructionHousing developer in liquidationAn investment company that failed to build nearly $10m worth of new homes has finally succumbed to creditors' pressure and entered liquidation.05 May 05:00 PM
Banking and financeToo hot to handle?Homeowners look set to enjoy further interest rate cuts, with a broker tipping historic lows within 12 months.01 May 05:00 PM
Economy$800K the average thanks to 'super 10'QV's latest figures show the average property value for the Auckland region has now broken into the $800,000s, fuelled by Auckland City-South.30 Apr 11:37 PM
CompaniesHow does NZ rank with Chinese buyers?New Zealand is the second-cheapest country in the world for Chinese property shoppers but also one of the most popular, according to a Chinese real estate site.29 Apr 01:41 AM
InvestmentRecord auctions pushing up house pricesHead-to-head bidders are paying tens of thousands of dollars more at auctions than they would for fixed price homes, new figures reveal.24 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionCraig Lamberton: Hot property and capital gainsAmidst the debate around the effects of a capital gains tax on the Auckland property market, TV show 'Our First Home' has proven useful.22 Apr 12:50 AM
InvestmentWaiheke landowner loses zoning battleWaiheke's biggest landowner has lost a challenge over the zoning on parts of its holdings on the island's eastern tip and on a nearby island.21 Apr 05:00 PM
InvestmentThis house makes $1000 a day...A three-bedroom North Shore "do-up" has earned its owner nearly $1000 a day - just shy of the salary of a High Court judge - in Auckland's red-hot property market.17 Apr 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Don't give up hope, commute'The average Auckland home earned nearly $230 a day in the past year - about twice what the average worker made in their job.17 Apr 05:00 PM
Official Cash RateRegulators eye property investorsRegulatory moves to curb bank lending to residential property investors are a live possibility, says Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer.15 Apr 05:00 PM
InvestmentReserve Bank to cool overheated marketThe Reserve Bank is considering options to make it harder or more expensive for residential property investors to get bank loans.15 Apr 05:00 PM
BDBDCompaniesReserve Bank 'trying to stem the flow'Andrew Little says a speech from the Reserve Bank deputy governor was effectively saying there was a housing crisis – something John Key had refused to accept.15 Apr 05:00 AM
InvestmentMore $1m homes sold in MarchFor the first time in a single month, 10 per cent of all properties sold around the country went for more than $1 million.14 Apr 05:00 PM
InvestmentInvestor demand for Australia housing downNew mortgages to Australian landlords dropped the most in three years in February, signalling an easing in the speculator demand for housing that had concerned the Reserve Bank of Australia.12 Apr 05:00 PM
InvestmentGot a million? Auckland's for youSales prices increased almost 4 per cent since February, taking the average price of a residence in Auckland to an all-time high of $776,729.07 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandFrom $55,000 to a cool $1.5mCatherine Smith was 25 when she bought her first home in 1982 - a three-bedroom bay-fronted Ponsonby villa for $55,000.03 Apr 04:00 PM
AirlinesBayleys links up with Airpoints programmeReal estate firm Bayleys yesterday joined Air New Zealand's Airpoints programme and the airline is on the lookout for more partners.02 Apr 09:29 PM
Economy'Super eight' suburb values up 17.9pcHouses in eight Auckland suburbs south of the CBD topped national value rises, up a "whopping" 17.9 per cent annually, according to QV data just out.31 Mar 11:00 PM
PropertyAffordable homes: Best & worst regionsMortgage payments for Auckland's most affordable homes are costing first-time buyers nearly half their take-home pay each week, a new report shows.31 Mar 04:00 PM
InvestmentCourt orders $750,000 debt be repaidA property developer's family trust that bought 9000sq m of land in an exclusive Queenstown subdivision must repay $740,000 to liquidators after losing a High Court fight that involved fraudulent....22 Mar 04:00 PM
ConstructionTribeca Homes company placed into liquidationPart of troubled housing development empire Tribeca Homes has been placed into liquidation by creditors.19 Mar 04:00 PM
