Ending tenancies could become a whole lot harder for landlords – if The Opportunities Party (TOP) ever gets the chance to enact its latest policy.

Investors keen to pay lower commissions when selling a property can now look to a new website for help to save without bargaining.

Expectations that property prices will just keep raising have dropped noticeably over the last few months, a new Property Institute poll shows.

It’s game over for negative gearing if the Labour Party wins power in this year’s election but an investor advocate says that it is tenants who will suffer as a result.

Auckland’s market cooldown continued in February with another fall in median house prices but regional markets remained steady, new REINZ data shows.

Extreme flipping cases have prompted the Real Estate Agents Authority (REAA) to announce it is getting tough on cases of agent misconduct.

Signs of a market rebound are present in February’s average asking prices both nationally and in Auckland, the latest Trade Me Property data suggests.

Christchurch is set to get its first large format, luxury apartment development but is the city’s flat lining property market ready for it?

Poor housing affordability in Auckland is a credit negative for New Zealand covered bonds backed by mortgages in the city, according to a global ratings service.

Officials are taking the owners of a now demolished Wellington office building to the Tenancy Tribunal for unlawfully renting space to residential tenants prior to November’s earthquake.

Investors with property in certain areas on Auckland’s fringe stand to benefit earlier rather than later following approval of changes to the city’s future development strategy.

Uncertainty is rife when it comes to meth contamination but one insurer is working to bring clarity on the issue to its home and landlord policies.

Debt-to-income ratios (DTIs) and the redirection of tax incentives away from housing would help tackle the risks posed by New Zealand’s housing market, the IMF says.

Housing is set to be the number one issue in this year’s election and that means investors need to know about policy proposals which could affect them.

Thirty eight streets in the Wellington region where building owners will have to secure unreinforced masonry parapets and facades within 12 months have been identified.

Sub-letting a rental property on Airbnb breaches the Residential Tenancies Act, according to a precedent-setting Tenancy Tribunal ruling in favour of the landlord.