OpinionEditorial: National's home plan no silver bulletMost first-home buyers will find the Government's new plan to ease their burden less compelling than Labour's plan to build 10,000 affordable houses.12 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandRates payment upgrade two years awayIt will be another two years before Auckland Council has a single direct debit system for rates, making life difficult for some ratepayers in the meantime.12 Aug 05:30 PM
Banking and financeHouse prices down, sales upHouse prices dipped last month, says the Real Estate Institute, but the number of properties changing hands was up more than 10 per cent from the month before.11 Aug 11:00 PM
New ZealandRates a shock for hard-hit AucklandersAucklanders' rates bills have arrived in letterboxes and the figures have come as a shock to some homeowers who have seen rises of 10 per cent.11 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandHouse dream or nightmare?A newborn baby and now for the first home - except things are not so straightforward in Auckland's heated property market.11 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Housing policy foundations built on hearsay, prejudiceHouse price inflation creates no new output and few jobs. It consigns young first-home buyers to a life of debt servitude, writes Peter Lyons.11 Aug 05:30 PM
BusinessHeat stays on house pricesExpectations that house prices will rise remain at very high levels last seen in 2003 at the outset of the mid-2000s boom.11 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandBest house in Auckland namedThe creative juices must have been flowing when a fruit drink magnate's celebrated new house was on the drawing board.10 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandWilliams set to sell upAli and Casey Williams are getting ready to sell their Westmere home before heading to France.10 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandHome's quick flick draws official warningA house was auctioned for more than $1 million just a day after being listed for sale - drawing an official warning about Auckland's pressure-cooker housing market.09 Aug 05:30 PM
Official Cash RateHome prices 7.5pc above last peakChristchurch and Auckland property prices still increasing as regions slow over winter, figures show.08 Aug 07:55 PM
New ZealandOne-stop house shop under wayThe Auckland Council has a team of 40 people assembled and 110 potential sites to fast-track the construction of 39,000 new homes in the city over three years.08 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandChoice, but too expensiveSingle dad Tommy Sutton has looked at about 10 rental properties in two weeks in South Auckland but all have been out of his price range.06 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandTenants told to leave leaky heritage flatsHousing New Zealand says its heritage Symonds St Flats in central Auckland have leaks and all 34 tenants must leave to allow repairs or refurbishment.05 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandWomen fighting to stop home bail-outA High Court battle looms after property developers linked to a string of liquidated companies invoked a little-known clause to get out of an agreement to sell newly-builthomes.03 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Bullying won't bring cheap homesIt's hard to see how freeing up some land and leaving it to the market will realistically address either housing affordability or lack of supply, writes Brian Rudman.01 Aug 09:30 PM
BusinessAsking prices surge to all-time highAsking prices for houses have skyrocketed to an all-time high in New Zealand.01 Aug 03:25 AM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Foreigner ban won't build one new homeIt won't create a single new home, which is the crux of the crisis facing the country's two biggest cities, writes Brian Rudman.30 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandPoliticians face off over housingNational and Labour have gone head to head over their affordable housing policies as National ministers tried to discredit Labour's new proposal to prevent foreigners buying homes.30 Jul 05:30 PM
InvestmentTrade warning on home buying banPlans by the Labour Party to exclude foreign buyers from the housing market have sparked more calls for restrictions and warnings about the risk of damaging the country's relationships with its major trading partners.29 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Foreigner ban just one way to ease house price inflationEditorial: If foreign restrictions will help first-home seekers - and we should be sure of that first - they could be one of many policy levers used.29 Jul 05:30 PM
Banking and finance'Mum and Dad' equity for depositsWestpac has launched a service allowing family members to help first-home buyers into properties.29 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandPM says Labour policy 'desperate'Prime Minister John Key says Labour's new housing policy smacks of desperation by leader David Shearer.29 Jul 05:30 PM
Personal FinanceLabour housing policy could breach FTALabour's housing policy to restrict house sales to foreigners could be at odds with New Zealand's Free Trade Agreement with China.29 Jul 02:20 AM
New ZealandHousing intervention opposedA law change to allow the Government to override councils in order to free up land for housing developments was opposed by a slim majority of New Zealanders surveyed.28 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Home-buying ban runs high risksIt's risky policy for a liberal, left-of-centre party because it leaves them open to accusations of xenophobia, writes Liam Dann.28 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandMixed views on fencing off investorsPonsonby chartered accountant Hongying Qiu was in and out of 11 Farrar St in Grey Lynn within 10 minutes yesterday afternoon.28 Jul 05:30 PM
Personal FinanceLabour defends foreign buyer policyLabour leader David Shearer says he "makes no apologies" for his party's proposal to exclude all offshore buyers from the New Zealand housing market.28 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandOwner's P-lab contamination nightmareA rented house has been demolished and a layer of topsoil removed from its section because the property was so badly contaminated by a secret P lab.26 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandRetirement dream turns to horror storyA home that was supposed to be a retirement dream has become a fast-tightening noose around its owner's neck, after he has become trapped in a rare situation where he must move - but can't sell.26 Jul 05:30 PM
BDBDBanking and financeOCR held at record low 2.5pcThe Reserve Bank governor has kept the official cash rate at 2.5 per cent, though he'll mull a hike if the momentum in housing spurs broader inflation.24 Jul 09:10 PM
New ZealandIwi's $24m Bastion Pt planNgati Whatua Orakei have $24 million plans to build up to 75 houses and apartments alongside Bastion Pt, underwriting mortgages for whanau to assist home ownership.24 Jul 05:30 PM
