Pleas to boost Auckland’s housing supply seem to be paying off as the latest building consents data shows a significant jump in SuperCity consents.

Impending doom might seem to be on the cards following China’s share market meltdown, but economists believe that, at this stage, prospects are not as dire as media coverage suggests.

Disagreement over terminology used in one of Olly Newland’s Facebook advertisements has led to an Advertising Standards Authority ruling against the veteran property commentator.

Minimum standards for rental properties are once again being pushed with the launch of a Green Party bill which would also introduce significant changes to tenancy regulations.

Capital gains on property sales are the target of the Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill, which has just been introduced into Parliament.

Investors are not to blame for Auckland’s skyrocketing prices, says the NZ Property Investors Federation which has come out swinging following yesterday’s Reserve Bank claims that small investors are driving up Auckland prices.

Growing investor demand for Auckland property has exacerbated the price pressures arising from the underlying supply shortage, the Reserve Bank says.

New Zealand saw its highest ever net gain of migrants in July and, with half heading to Auckland, the demand for SuperCity housing will keep rising.

Maximising land use through intensification is part of the solution to the tough problem of Auckland’s supply shortage, says Auckland Council’s chief economist.

Demand for rental properties is easing nationwide, although the regions throw up a mixed bag of results, according to new data from Trade Me Property.

Rampant Auckland property prices – as opposed to the banking and finance system itself - are to blame for Standard & Poor’s downgrading of New Zealand’s risk assessment.

Intensification could halve the over-valuation of Auckland housing prices but improve potential income streams, according to a new report by the NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER).

More evidence of the “Auckland effect” comes in the latest Real Estate Institute of NZ data which shows that, in July, Auckland’s median price fell by 2.6%, while the national median price rose by 3.3%.

Ramping up work to rectify Auckland’s supply shortage could be crucial for New Zealand’s continued economic growth, according to economists.

Australia is hardening up its tax rules for all foreign investors – and that could have a big impact on many Kiwi property investors.

Squirrel Mortgages is set to launch its peer-to-peer (P2P) lending service early next month, after receiving New Zealand’s third P2P licence from the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) on Friday.