Average asking prices for residential property in Auckland hits record high.

Building consents were static in May as dwindling demand in Auckland offset increased construction intentions in other parts of NZ.

Bill English's willingness to allow a foreign housing provider to buy NZ state houses veers close to allowing blind ideology to get the better of common sense, says John Armstrong.

An Australian housing provider that is considering buying state houses here could use any money generated on projects across the Ditch, Prime Minister John Key says.

If Housing NZ has its way, no one will be able to easily say 'that's state housing' - see its latest plans for new Auckland homes.

Entry-level housing is now considered affordable in every region except Auckland, where the price has jumped by 38.2 per cent in the past two years.

A Chinese couple have taken a novel approach to quickly building Auckland homes - using a crane to swing four new units into place over just two days.

The house was listed on Trade Me last week at a fee of about $500 - but despite rampant demand for Auckland real estate, the property had just two inquiries.

Auckland iwi Ngati Whatua has confirmed it will seek a judicial review of Government’s plan to sell off Crown land to private developers.

Rent hikes in Auckland have bucked the national trend, reaching a median weekly high of $490, Trade Me data shows.

A tenants' watchdog has warned rent increases risk pricing people out of Auckland's heated housing market, sparking homelessness and social problems.

The floodgates are set to open for Chinese buyers to pour billions into NZ real estate as restrictions on privately held capital are eased: report.

Framing is up for the first 20 houses at one of Auckland's biggest new housing estates.

Richlister John Copson is selling his multi-million dollar seafront slice of paradise in Milford.

The idea of an urban development authority, touted by experts for at least a decade, may again fall on deaf ears, writes Brian Rudman.

A land-buying agency with compulsory acquisition powers is the most radical of the Productivity Commission's proposals for dealing with Auckland's housing crisis.

Nearly 6000 new apartments are set to be built across Auckland over the next three years, with most planned for suburban and city fringe areas, new research reveals.

In the early 20th century, suburban New Zealand was seldom the bucolic paradise that a nostalgic glance in its direction might suggest.

Anger is building about the poor condition of rental properties in New Zealand writes Dr Bryce Edwards.

One of the surplus land holdings shown off to journalists as available for an affordable housing partnership had already been offered to iwi.

Record numbers of people are sleeping rough or in cars as Auckland's desperate housing shortage makes life harder than ever for those at the bottom.

OPINION: Landlord Tim Duffett says it's time to change the whole way we rent homes in New Zealand.

House prices in Hong Kong have risen at the fastest pace of any country in the world over the 12 months to March.

Auckland will not solve the city's affordable housing crisis by loosening heritage rules, says the heritage lobby.

More than 500 New Zealand leaky-home victims, whose places have been clad in James Hardie materials, could lodge legal action in Auckland in the next few weeks.

Government and Auckland iwi are headed to court over plans to sell off up to 500 hectares of surplus Crown land to private developers.

Vested interests are preventing any meaningful solutions to New Zealand’s housing crisis from being proposed or implemented, writes Bryce Edwards.

One of National’s major housing policies has turned into a “slow motion train crash” after iwi confirmed plans to challenge it in court.