A new housing ventilation scheme aims to improve the state of housing for rental properties.

The Auckland housing market slowed last month following the introduction of new restrictions, according to the latest industry figures.

Ngati Whatua soon to announce intensive housing proposal on North Shore holdings.

An Auckland councillor has expressed frustration at the lack of information and progress on the city's special housing areas.

Auckland house prices have been driven by speculative demand as much as - or probably more than - a shortage of supply.

Embattled internet mogul Kim Dotcom is quitting his landmark Coatesville mansion.

Floating houses are planned for Gulf Harbour, north of Auckland.

Two years after Auckland Council and the Government signed a "housing accord", only 102 houses are known to have been built under its "fast-track" rules.

Rod Emmerson's take on the Auckland housing accord.

Online property business says there has been a big drop in Chinese interest in New Zealand market.

Auckland's biggest real estate agency says median house prices dropped 1.3 per cent last month and its chief also acknowledged auction clearance rates had "slowed".

Housing Minister Nick Smith has warned it is far too early to tell exactly what was going on in Auckland's pressure-cooked housing market.

"Massive" home valuation rises across the Auckland region pushed the average up 24.4 per cent annually to a new high of $918,153.

Average asking prices for Auckland homes have dropped more than $18,000 in just a month, says realestate.co.nz.

Westpac New Zealand expects Auckland's heated housing market to cool following regulatory changes.

The Government has set its sights on New Zealand cities' urban planning rules as part of its drive to improve housing affordability.

Chinese buyers are showing less of an appetite for our houses, having "backed off" according to economist Tony Alexander.

Entrenched government disquiet with current urban planning practice is behind a further Productivity Commission inquiry into regulation of urban land.

A new art gallery out west and a Ponsonby block of shops were some of the Auckland buildings judged last night as being New Zealand's best.

Mould samples collected in South Auckland homes have been found to contain health-threatening yeasts as well as antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Mary Holm answers questions on inheritance, investments, Kiwisaver and property.

From November 1, people borrowing to buy a residential investment property in Auckland will need at least a 30 per cent deposit, the Reserve Bank has decreed.

Greg Hall talks to chief executive John Dalzell about how the new Panuku Development Auckland organisation will move forward.

Mr Patterson said he could have managed the purchase even if loan-to-income limits were in place.

But expert warns strategy to cool Auckland's heated property market would make it harder for first-time buyers.

Marina investor and developer Simon Herbert now has control of three big Auckland holdings after his $22 million Pine Harbour purchase was announced last week.

Multi-level blocks will be built, with 54 units to be sold to private owners and 16 rented to state tenants.

The four-bedroom villa was bought by the current owner's parents in 1958 and Barfoot & Thompson real estate agent Jim Murray said it was in the zones for Auckland Grammar, Epsom Girls Grammar and Auckland Normal Intermediate.

The Productivity Commission report this week into land use for housing used a surprising word to describe what was needed to solve Auckland's housing crisis: credibility.