New apartments, construction of the five-star $200 million hotel, offices and transformed streetscapes: The urban renewal of Auckland's waterfront in 2017.

Hoping to pay off your mortgage quicker or simply ease the burden of repayments? Getting housemates could be the way.

A 71-year-old man on the waiting list for a state house said he was told to "live in his car and then call back" to speed up the process of getting a home.

Law changes are planned to clean up the country's $50 billion apartment sector, dogged by disputes, power struggles and financial issues.

Difficult lending conditions cited in cancellation of apartments project.

Three years before these Aussie millennials bought their first property, they had $15,700. Now they have a portfolio worth more than $10.5 million.

Auckland Council's new property boss looks to the UK for ideas for Super City.

Chambers & Station, a heritage apartment project in Mt Eden, has brought a new use to old buildings.

Vendors expecting high prices has been cited as the reason half of properties at a major Auckland auction didn't sell under the hammer.

Real Estate Institute data released today showed Auckland house prices have fallen 4 per cent and sales have dropped 5 per cent.

Job losses have been blamed for falling property values in this area.

Six Auckland suburbs have been revealed to be the most popular with first home buyers.

A couple who believe landlords objected to the smell of their national cuisine have been offered a home in Tauranga.

Four sections in a rare slice of Tauranga beachfront land were snapped up in two hours.

A big building project has been proposed for Karangahape Rd but one neighbour is fuming about it.

COMMENT: In most cases tenants are responsible people, but sometimes the opposite is true and an investment can soon be trashed.

A Chinese company is planning to build more than 1000 new apartments beside the Southern Motorway in Manukau, some places aimed at first home buyers.

Housing Minister Nick Smith told the Property Council's residential summit curbing immigration isn't an option to ease Auckland's housing problem.

A 42ha greenfields site north of Auckland is planned to be developed into a 570-residence housing estate.

An Auckland housing developer has complained how new banking lending restrictions are further restricting supply.

Online descriptions of houses to rent are reaching remarkable heights, prompting questions about truth in advertising, and whether the law is being broken.

Precinct Properties buying Queen Elizabeth Square, after court action against it and others failed

The path for desperate Auckland first-home buyers may be easing, particularly for places under $600,000.

Watch NZH Focus: Up to 75 per cent of Auckland properties going under the hammer are failing to sell.

Super-investor Ron Hoy Fong discloses how his students get into property by using their parents' house and help.

Rents in New Zealand's two most populous cities increased last month despite remaining largely unchanged elsewhere.

Auckland households earning over $104,950 are cut out of new affordable housing developments.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Property boss defends apartment developers asking for more money from off-the-plan buyers.

Buyers of a big Takapuna apartment project replacing The Block homes are the latest off-the-plan purchasers to be asked to pay more for units.

An Auckland apartment buyer now faces forking out $1 million for a unit he had agreed to buy for $775,000.