Sales transactions involving every type of property buyer requiring a mortgage have dropped off and that reflects the slower market, according to CoreLogic’s new head of research.

Change is coming under the new financial advice regime and mortgage advisers are being urged to start getting ready for it now.

New Zealand’s new government will be a Labour-NZ First coalition, supported by the Green Party, and that means changes are looming that advisers need to be aware of.

New Zealand may now have a government but uncertainty over what that might mean for the housing market is set to linger for some time.

Immigration policy is set to change under the new Labour-led government but new Statistics New Zealand data shows migration flows have already started to wane.

Mortgage market disruption could be looming now that the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has cleared the way for personalised roboadvice on mortgages to go ahead.

Restrictions on high loan-to-value ratio (LVR) lending have had a major impact on the strategy of many property investors, a new survey shows.

Ongoing election uncertainty has been keeping property prices on hold in recent months, but year-on-year price growth is strong nationwide, according to Trade Me Property.

Property prices have crept up in the latest Real Estate Institute of New Zealand data and for economists that suggests a rebalancing of the market.

Property prices have crept up in the latest Real Estate Institute of New Zealand data and for economists that suggests a rebalancing of the market.

Relationships between mortgage advisers and real estate agents are being questioned by Consumer NZ, which is concerned about financial kickbacks.

The drive for healthy rental homes has put tenant needs into the spotlight but now a new survey has exposed what Auckland renters look for in a property.

Demand for property in the hot spots which were driving the market has fallen dramatically as the market stays quiet, new data from Realestate.co.nz reveals.

Inefficient consent processes nationwide have long been cited as a major hurdle to development, but the drive to improve the consent process is finally making headway.

There is growing pressure on landlords to start insulating their properties following a new survey which indicates around 170,000 rental properties still require proper insulation.

SuperCity sales numbers fell to the lowest level for a September in seven years, according to the latest Barfoot & Thompson data.