Increasingly stretched affordability means there is a limit to how much further property prices can rise, a new report says.

Auckland rents are rocketing up, but rents are declining in Christchurch and flat in Wellington, according to the latest Trade Me Property rental data.

Migration into New Zealand hit another new high in August – and economists don’t see the flow slowing any time soon.

Reports of increased online rental property activity signal that the “shifting season” has started early – which means landlords need to be prepared.

Ongoing asking price growth means Aucklanders wanting to buy property are looking at paying over half a million dollars for any property type, according to the latest Trade Me Property data.

The case of a property manager currently before the courts on charges of financial misconduct highlights the need for landlords to conduct rigorous checks of potential property managers.

Six North Shore suburbs are among Auckland’s highest growth areas, according to a leading real estate agency’s new list of SuperCity “hot spots”.

The downward shift in commodity export prices might be the Reserve Bank’s dominant concern right now, but Auckland house price inflation remains a big worry.

New Zealand’s first peer-to-peer (P2P) lender has had a cracker of a first year, but it is investors in the Harmoney marketplace that are seeing the profits.

Mortgage rates may yet have further to fall, after the Reserve Bank’s cutting of the OCR to 2.75% today.

Changes to tenancy regulations that are proposed in a Green Party Bill could lead to a decline in rental properties, the NZ Property Investors Federation is warning.

New Zealand’s five major banks* profits flattened in the second quarter of 2015, although lending growth continued, according to a new analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

An agreement between an Auckland iwi collective and the Government means a major roadblock in plans to release Crown-owned land for commercial housing development has been overcome.

Auckland house prices fell in August for the first time in six months, according to the latest Barfoot and Thompson data – but other data indicates the situation is not so straightforward.

Vulnerable first-home buyers were the target of a woman who has been found guilty of mortgage fraud worth millions in the Auckland District Court.

Auckland’s skyrocketing house prices have earned New Zealand fifth place in a global house price study.