One of Remuera's most glamorous homes has sold for $4 million above its capital value determined just last year.

Property chosen by diplomat has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a heated pool and its own waterfall, and was bought with taxpayer money.

Vendor at centre of auction u-turn lawsuit claims agent misled her over price property would fetch.

A woman who is being sued after she backed out of the sale of her house has told a court she believes her real estate agent "conspired" with the eventual purchasers.

Auckland property market rebounds, with average prices jumping from $821,079 in August to $836,275 last month.

Paul Novak left home at 17 but returned to the family fold four years later to save money while studying and provide company for his immigrant parents.

Plans to safeguard Auckland's heritage housing stock as the city gears up for high-density growth have been scattered.

New data released by Realestate.co.nz showed there were only 30,988 properties for sale across New Zealand, which is the lowest number since 2006.

Moves to take the heat out of the Auckland housing market appear to be having an effect.

Residential building consents fell 4.9pc in August as the Canterbury rebuild shifts its focus toward commercial work.

Chinese real estate site says interest has switched from high-end properties to Auckland houses at lower end of the market.

Auckland activist is withholding this year's rates increase, saying she is opposed to public subsidy of public transport system.

Falling interest rates and static prices is making Auckland housing more affordable, say Massey University lecturers.

He attends property auctions daily to scout for good buys but denies his activities are locking young first-time buyers out of the market.

Financial instability in China may be leading to fewer Chinese at auctions says one real estate boss.

Now is the time for Auckland's first- home buyers to pounce, with interest rates at a record low and entry-level prices dropping, a report says.

Auckland has grown by around 100,000 people since amalgamation in 2010, writes Auckland's Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse.That's the population of Lower Hutt.

Auction clearance rates have dropped and attendance rates are down as soaring prices flatten out.

That's the minimum Aucklanders can expect to pay in rent, regardless of property type or size, according to Trade Me.

The liquidators of an Auckland building company that collapsed owing more than $4 million believe its director is somewhere in Europe.

Summerset Group has been granted resource consent for a $100 million village in the Christchurch suburb of Casebrook.

The first round of homes in a new West Auckland housing project are up for grabs.

The real estate agent sacked after the Labour Party was leaked confidential sales data on Asian buyers is back in the Auckland property market.

Teachers and police priced out of owning their own home in Auckland's red-hot property market are calling for extra pay to bridge the growing financial gap.

Russian aluminium oligarch Alexandre Germanovich is undertaking a top-to-bottom renovation of a historic North Shore home - and the project is being chronicled in two documentaries.

A Whangarei couple have spent three months sleeping on a mattress on the floor as they battle to settle an insurance claim.

The average asking price for an Auckland apartment has risen 49 per cent in just 12 months.

Barfoot & Thompson says high number of applications is unusual for this time of the year.

Auckland up more than 75pc but Wellington bucks trend.