Falling prices and tepid sales characterise the January data from REINZ – and that leaves economists warning the current market resurgence won’t last.

Targeting landlords as a blight on the housing market will not help resolve the problems highlighted in the government-commissioned housing stocktake, experts say.

Landlords should ready for tenancy law reform in the wake of a new government-commissioned review of the housing market, which is damning in its conclusions.

Involvement in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme has earned an Auckland property developer nearly five years in prison.

The chill looks to be coming off the Auckland market with the latest QV House Price Index showing the region’s property values are inching up again.

Interest rates look set to remain low for a considerable amount of time following the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) and OCR call this morning.

Wellington’s rental accommodation shortage is real but experts are questioning claims about its uniqueness and severity.

Auckland’s housing market got off to a slow start this year with new Barfoot & Thompson data showing that both sales and prices were down in January.

Measured restraint will be the tone of the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Statement next week, with economists unanimously expecting the OCR to stay on hold.

New building consents fell back sharply in December 2017 but commentators are predicting they will pick up again in 2018.

The record-breaking flow of migrants into New Zealand is continuing to come off its peak, according to the latest Statistics NZ data.

Changes to tenancy law which aim to boost tenants’ rights are on the way – but landlord advocates are relieved to find rent controls won’t be among them.

Changes to BNZ’s mortgage adviser commission structure are acknowledgement of the ongoing client management work they do, industry veterans say.

The current rental market squeeze is only likely to get worse as investors leave the market and the rental shortage worsens, the Property Institute is predicting.

Investors are continuing to feel the pinch of policy restraints with new data showing another drop in their take up of new mortgage lending.

Auckland and Tauranga are among the most unaffordable cities in the world and boosting supply is the only solution, according to an international housing affordability survey.