Auckland first home buyer Ollie Wall wasn't worried last winter when he borrowed $520,000 to pay $680,000 for a Freemans Park apartment.

The latest QV stats revealed that Auckland's house value increases slowed to almost snail's pace last month.

Quotable Value figures out tomorrow are expected to show a cooling in prices in December.

New Zealand has slipped in popularity for among Chinese buyers since the government and Reserve Bank introduced buyer restrictions.

Auckland housing affordability has improved slightly - but the city is now 59 per cent less affordable than the rest of New Zealand.

Renting has become more common while the number of dwellings that are owner-occupied is decreasing.

You have returned to work after the summer holidays and yearn to be back at that bach you rented for one short, glorious week. Why not buy one?

Auckland home sales continued to fall in December, with fewer houses sold and listed.

House prices across Australian capital cities are tipped to ease after posting their slowest gains in three years during last year.

House prices in and around Queenstown are soaring, narrowing the price gap between Central Otago and Auckland.

Auckland property developer and evangelist Bill Subritzky has died aged 90.

Weekly home loan approvals hit a record for the second time this month, adding weight to speculation about an end-of-year borrowing splurge.

The country's 10 priciest house sales have a collective worth of more than $100 million and feature extravagant trappings ­reserved for the super rich.

As Santa heads to Auckland soon, here's wishing he stops off in Sweden and picks up 40,000 "affordable" Boklok homes from Ikea, writes Brian Rudman.

The value of home loan approvals hits new record.

New figures reveal what's hot and what's not in Auckland.

Two hundred new residences are planned for Hobsonville Point, half of which will be priced under Auckland's median house price.

A combination of over-regulation and over-taxation is a sure way to destroy a stressed business, writes Stephen Scrivens.It is inconceivable that any politician will willingly reduce taxes but the Government could cut red tape

The next stage of the troubled Springpark housing development has hit the rocks, with soaring building prices blamed.

Auckland Council is understood to be releasing maps tomorrow showing large swathes of suburban Auckland being rezoned for multiple townhouses and apartments.

Interest rates might be sinking but council rates are rising and that could drive rents up.

Auckland's Springpark housing project in chaos, with receivers to refund 142 depositors who paid $7.3 million up front for a new home.

Housing's perfect storm as cost of renting a typical home in Auckland hits new high.

We don't often think about the struggle it must continue to be for those who have managed to afford a house.

A house on Arney Road in Remuera used to be number 74. But not anymore.

In a raging property market, it's possible to have a million-dollar home and no cash, writes Joanna Mathers.

Some mortgage holders will have to wait till the New Year before getting their interest rate cut - not so for new customers though.

Homeowners are being urged to fix their mortgages now to make the most of record-low interest rates - which experts say are at rock bottom.

Vintage-lovers in the market for older buildings should know that strengthening requirements could mean big expenses ahead, writes Sandra Goodwin.