Finance Minister Bill English says Government looking to reform housing - but warns there's no quick fix to Auckland's housing shortage.

If you hate mowing lawns, this is probably not the property for you. A sprawling seaside property in Russell is on the market - complete with its own 18-hole golf course.

A real estate agent has been fined for failing to tell buyers their new house had been home to drug dealing. So what else do agents have to disclose?

Businesses connected to Stonewood Homes, which was placed in receivership this week, say they are unaffected.

Seaside property in Russell is on the market - complete with its own 18-hole golf course.

Think-tank says today's Kiwis better off than past generation - until housing factored in.

Auckland Council says landlords have too much power over tenants and it wants the Government to introduce random auditing of rentals.

If we do not see leadership from the council, we will continue to allow an old guard to have a stranglehold over Auckland's future, writes Sudhvir Singh.

Receivers says unsecured creditors are owed about $15 million and they hope to sell the business.

Residents say they have been left disgusted, disappointed and frustrated and feel their arguments fell on deaf ears.

Thousands of alienated property owners are calling on Mayor Len Brown to allow a vote to dump controversial housing density plans today.

Further indecision towards Auckland's Unitary plan will only intensify the city's social inequality.

Stonewood Homes New Zealand, is in receivership, but home buyers have been told they've got a guarantee.

A war in Auckland through headlines show tensions rises as property owners oppose increased housing in inner city suburbs.

Chris Darby has become the latest councillor to have second thoughts about dramatic housing density plans in Auckland suburbs.

House prices rising and no recovery in dairy prices both pose threats to New Zealand banks, Standard & Poor says.

Independent commissioners have backed plans to allow more than 3800 new homes next to an exclusive Queenstown development.

Auckland University property researcher Dr Michael Rehm said the figures showed that long-term homeowners in the "hot spots" of Auckland could cash up but people living elsewhere had fewer options.

Mayoral candidate Vic Crone says dramatic housing density changes should be withdrawn.

Auckland Council wants to move away from the quarter-acre pavlova paradise to offering Aucklanders different types of housing at different points in their lives.

The Kiwi dream of owning a house and section for the kids to run around is fading for Ben Grimer and Anna Macky.

As the apartment blocks rise so does the call for law reform by a growing band of unhappy owners.

Concerns about a lack of pre-purchase disclosure and possible manipulation of proxy votes at body corporate meetings were issues complained about yesterday.

Auckland's largest real estate firm Barfoot and Thompson's spokesman Eric Koh said there was no push for its agents to learn feng shui.

Depriving residents of their right to have their say is anti-democratic. The way the council has gone about this is contrary to natural justice and an abuse of process, writes Richard Burton.

Auckland's housing crisis hit home in the past couple of weeks as I searched for a flat so that I could move out of my parents' place, writes Alex Johnston.

The three-bedroom Auckland home in "peaceful" Hillcrest went for $1.5 million, to no surprise of the agent selling it.

One of the world's biggest investment businesses plans to buy five big retirement villages.