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When will Auckland break $1m median?

Sydney just hit the million-dollar mark and property prices in Auckland show no sign of slowing down either.

Are Auckland rentals affordable?

Auckland tenants are having to fork out more money each week as the price of renting an Auckland house continues its upward climb.

Eric Crampton: Auckland's property has hit defcon Homer - we now have a 'crisitunity'

There has never been a better time to pull out his term "crisitunity", writes Eric Crampton.

Offshore buyer rules 'confusing'

Consultancy firm EY says new rules aimed at tracking offshore property buyers could end up increasing compliance costs to taxpayers.

Jamie Whyte: Banning foreign home buyers pragmatic, but wrong

John Key does not need know how many Auckland houses are sold to foreign buyers to see banning such sales is a bad policy, writes Jamie Whyte. Foreign buyers make New Zealanders altogether better off. The more the better.

Claire Trevett: Key plays it straight as Little lobs on housing

Those expecting fireworks in John Key and Andrew Little's first encounter since the Chinese-sounding-surname debate broke out were sorely disappointed, writes Claire Trevett.

Brian Rudman: Year Zero plan shafts Auckland's heritage

Brian Rudman asks, how many buildings does the panel think can penetrate a viewshaft before the view becomes as extinct as the volcano we can no longer see?

Auckland's problems not so bleak

NZIER's Peter Wilson looks at the bright side for Auckland - its challenges are the kind that other cities would love to have.

China backlash on NZ property

Finance Minister says Chinese counterparts have expressed concern to him, saying debate on foreign buyers more "hard-edged" in NZ than in other countries.

Singles struggle with deposits

Singles on an average income have no hope of quickly saving a deposit to buy their first home, particularly in Sydney.

Residents fighting heritage designation

Neighbours in Auckland's prestigious Paritai Drive are fighting moves to tag their properties with a Maori heritage designation.

Legal-highs empire under the hammer

The former empire of legal-highs godfather Matt Bowden is disintegrating - three of his properties, worth more than $5 million, are listed for mortgagee sale.

NZ First deems leaked sales list 'old news'

Winston Peters says Labour has previously accused him of xenophobia and racism on the issue, but now "they've finally cottoned on to what is going on."

Paritai Drive: Cultural collision

The form letter posted to numbers "68 to 110a Paritai Drive" was not well-received by residents of one of Auckland's most wealthy streets.

Poll boost for Labour

Labour has lifted by six points to its highest level since March 2014 in the Roy Morgan Poll.

Under fire for singling out Chinese

Former Labour party official attacks leadership for singling out Chinese people: "I am Maori. My wife is of Chinese descent. My money is not foreign."

Brian Fallow: Is it goodbye to the back yard?

Exactly where does the housing ladder lead, asks Brian Fallow - to financial security, or to years and years of debt servitude?

Half of hits on property site from overseas

Househunters based in China made up more than half the visitors to New Zealand’s top Mandarin property sales web site, most only looking in Auckland.