The lavish hilltop mansion owned by Destiny Church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki and his wife, Hannah, is for sale.

Auckland's newest special housing area has just been announced and it's a huge site at Papakura. So how many new homes could it hold?

House sales fell 7 per cent in August according to REINZ figures as the upcoming election adds another uncertainty for buyers.

The Reserve Bank still sees interest rate increases in our future but fewer and further between than it foreshadowed three months ago, writes Brian Fallow.

The Productivity Commission has been sent back into the minefield of housing costs.

Some Auckland house hunters under pressure to find the right property are making snap purchase decisions after viewing their new home for less than 30 minutes.

The significant changes witnessed since the introduction of the LVR are not necessarily the ones that have been widely reported.

The housing market is a fickle beast, prone to booms and busts that have little to do with how many people are actually looking for a place to live.

Renting rather than buying looks like a good proposition for many in the Auckland property market, at least in the next 12 months.

Outer Auckland suburbs offer higher returns to landlords than more expensive central city suburbs such as Ponsonby and Mt Eden.

Apartments as small as a double garage are being promoted as the answer to Auckland's housing affordability problems.

QV has released latest house value data showing big rises nationally and in Auckland but growth rates are slowing.

The number of house sales are easing in Auckland, with some real estate agents citing uncertainty around the upcoming election as a key factor in the decline.

Auckland house sale volumes and average sale prices have slumped in August - so what's behind the slight cooling off of the market?

Construction work has started on what was Auckland's biggest construction hole - the controversial Soho in the heart of Ponsonby.

An original-condition two-bedroom Blockhouse Bay home has stunned its vendor and agent by selling at auction for well over twice its valuation.

Thousands of Kiwis desperate to get on the property ladder are signing up to 30-year mortgages - but many are saddling themselves with a lifetime of debt.

Labour would be able to offer first home buyers two-bedroom properties in Auckland for as little as $360,000 if elected, party leader David Cunliffe announced today.

The country's busiest house builder, which expects to put up a third more homes this year, has welcomed the Government's KiwiSaver boost announced on Sunday.

Auckland's quarter-acre dream is far from over - huge sections of more than half an acre are being sold from $350,000 within the city boundaries.

A buyer keen on Hobsonville Pt's smallest of three new prototype houses couldn't close the purchase, partly because of financial barriers and the tiny size of the house.

National's proposed home loan subsidies could help many young people into their first homes - although experts warn that the extra money will also push up house prices.

With the economy performing well on most other fronts the residential property market remains its major defect.

National is promising that grants for first-home buyers on modest incomes will be doubled if it is re-elected next month. What do you think of the policy?

National is promising grants for first-home buyers on modest incomes will be doubled - to up to $20k for a couple buying a newly built home - if it is re-elected next month.

New Zealand First dismissed National’s first-home buyer policy – but also took a swing at Labour for being a party for “gays, lesbians and the loony intelligent left”.