Fight back against plan to turn campus into suburban real estate.

COMMENT: Remember the Lorax? Once that green space has gone, it has gone for ever, writes Roger Hall.

A mould-infested house on the North Shore is being held up by the international press as an example of how heated Auckland's property market has become.

Auckland councillors are going behind closed doors to propose rezoning thousands more houses in the city's suburbs for multiple townhouses and apartments.

Tens of thousands of homes in Auckland's leafy residential suburbs are being rezoned and Auckland Council says homeowners will not be notified about the changes.

Jenny Ericksen's home is sinking and and so too are her hopes of resolving the ongoing saga.

After a post-quake spike, rent prices in Christchurch are starting to settle, data crunched by the Herald shows.

Twenty years ago they bought a 4ha lifestyle block in Whenuapai's Brigham Creek Rd for $285,000. This month they sold it for $7 million.

Having your Block NZ house inside the sought-after Mt Albert Grammar school zone could boost the property's value by over $100,000.

A real estate agent with a string of complaints lost his job but is selling for another.

The Government has dismissed one of the key recommendations in a report on rising sea levels.

Auckland tenants could be in for a New Year shock.

Average Hamilton property values have posted a massive 21 per cent rise average in the just released three-yearly council revaluations.

At least one family every three days is now seeking housing help across Auckland because their only place to live is a car.

In 1992 banks and borrowers were as risk-averse, writes Bernard Hickey. Fast forward to 2015 and the mathematics are on another planet.

A Mt Maunganui beachside mansion and rebuild of an Albany home are the big winners in the Registered Master Builders House of the Year Competition.

A woman's nine-year labour of love has transformed an old rural school into a sports fanatic's dream home.

Who's managing our largely unregulated residential property managers?

Many property deals go well, but it always pays to be on guard - as some people have found to their cost.

A controversial "10-storey cascading apartment" development on a disused quarry site in Auckland has been given the go-ahead, much to the chagrin of the local community board.

A pensioner who has been trying for months to privately sell his West Auckland home is now auctioning the "exquisite French Riviera" property with no reserve.

A controversial land swap for a housing project at Three Kings Quarry has been approved by Auckland councillors today.

While land can be used more or less efficiently, the supply of well-located sites is fixed and the only response to increasing demand is a price increase, writes Zbigniew Dumienski and Nicholas Ross Smith,

The Council does not build the homes. That is the role of the private development and community housing sectors, writes Ree Anderson.

"Rockstar prices" and an influx of Aucklanders have been credited for a "massive" surge in house sales in the Bay of Plenty.

New Zealand's banking system remains in good health, but heavily indebted dairy sector and heated property market are posing increasing risks to lenders.

The shares or property debate remains heated, especially in housing-obsessed New Zealand, writes Mark Lister. Given the one-eyed nature of many people, it's probably a somewhat futile argument.

Million dollar-plus properties are selling at the rate of 25 a day in NZ - 22 a day in Auckland - and at nearly double the frequency of the previous year.