Interpol is hunting a former Auckland man suspected of masterminding a $2m European property scam...

Christchurch's Boxing Day aftershocks and the recent wet weather have seen more than 1000 claims lodged with the Earthquake Commission.

The Law Commission is taking aim at New Zealanders' widespread use of family trusts.

A publicity-shy businesswoman has spent $15 million buying Remuera's historic Fairholm mansion in New Zealand's biggest private home sale of the year.

A Supreme Court ruling has left NZ's 1.4 million ratepayers more exposed in the leaky-building fiasco.

Interests closely associated with Mark Hotchin still control an opulent $9.8m Waiheke Island beachhead.

If owning coastal money is your dream, the time could be right to buy, but putting your money in the bank will give a better financial return, says Bruce Morris.

Summer's here and coastal property is back in focus. So how is it going out there at the beach? For the most part, it's looking rather dire, writes Bruce Morris.

The bill setting up the framework for the Govt's $1bn leaky homes package gets its first reading in Parliament today.

I worry that the banks are trying to unleash those animal spirits in the housing markets again.

NZ property values are beginning to stabilise, but are still 5.6 per cent below the market peak in 2007.

The housing market has started to simmer again.