The number of people looking at houses in the country's biggest city on industry website realestate.co.nz has dropped from the same time last year.

A community group says even the top bracket of income earners eligible for the Government's HomeStart programme cannot afford a property in Auckland.

Overseas residents bought 1749 out of the 57,678 homes sold in New Zealand between April and June, newly-released data shows.

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But sooner or later prices will burst. Confidence can drop suddenly and unpredictably when nervous or smart money bails. Be ready.

They're mostly a tired bunch of very average homes in some of the city's poorest neighbourhoods.

New Zealand's richest man Graeme Hart can sleep easy knowing his $31 million Auckland mansion has escaped rezoning for intensive housing.

Speculators, investors and homeowners cashing in on Auckland's property market made close to $200m in under 18 months.

A character villa gutted by fire is on the market - with suggestions the 1900s classic could be saved.

Residents in wealthy suburbs along Tamaki Dr are gobsmacked at plans to rezone their traditional single-house properties for more intensive housing.

A couple who moved from London to raise their young family in New Zealand are "devastated" by the latest plan.

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Auckland has made heavy weather of its plain need for dense development.

Auckland's Unitary Plan will be transformative for the city with proposals allowing enough commercial and industrial development to let business thrive: expert.

More urban sprawl and greater intensification have been recommended in a new rulebook for Auckland released today. See how you be affected.

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei wants house prices to drop.

The pipeline of new Auckland housing will underpin a longer construction boom for the country.

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Like their New Zealand neighbours, Australians are being shut out of the property market by soaring house prices, writes Christopher Niesche.

More than $1.5 billion of property has been sold in Tauranga this year with almost 1 in every 5 properties snapped up by Aucklanders.

The Government has wrapped its entire supply-led strategy for dealing with Auckland's housing crisis/challenge into the Auckland Unitary Plan.

Two Auckland real estate agents and their boss are awaiting punishment for their part in two deals where homes were on-sold for huge mark-ups.

Property deals involving two Auckland houses have seen the Real Estate Agents Authority take action.

A blueprint to build more houses on smaller sections for Auckland's ballooning population is days away from being unveiled.

This historic British mansion or a run-down Otahuhu property with a house needing demolition - which one would you prefer?

But all that could change soon with the new lending crackdown, one active buyer says.

COMMENT: Real danger is house prices, not low inflation.

All four big banks are now applying new lending restrictions to home loans - six weeks ahead of the Reserve Bank's official September deadline.