The housing market failed to thaw in the first month of spring.

Auckland residential property sales by Barfoot & Thompson, the city’s biggest agency, were slightly higher than in August, but still the worst for a September month since 2008.

A plan to fill so called ‘ghost homes’ has been scrapped by the Government after it paid for a $500,000 trial and investigation by Wise Group.

The new building consent frenzy is over.

Property managers are in the gun for asking potential renters to share more information than is legally allowed to secure a home, helping shape the case for regulation.

A new source of inflationary pressure could be on its way.

A landlord who was alerted by police to substantial damage at their rental caused by the tenant’s marijuana growing operation has been awarded $14,066 by the Tenancy Tribunal.

Residential rentals have turned to a tenants’ market, even though rents took off again in July, rising by 2% nationally to sit at $580 a week.

The housing market downturn is in full swing, with most of the country’s suburbs recording a fall in property values in the past three months, with only small and rural areas proving the exception.

The run of play in the housing market continues to be largely in one direction, the latest data from REINZ reveal.

A new study reveals Airbnb listings help to increase rents for landlords in apartment-heavy areas, such as CBDs but the accommodation platform can reduce rents in low-density, house-dominated neighbourhoods.

The housing market is desperate for some oxygen, particularly with significant value drops and no sign of it picking up, says QV.

Kāinga Ora has to pay compensation for a third time to a tenant in a 104-unit apartment block for disturbance of her peace by unruly neighbours.

Property market commentators signaling the downturn “on the ground” may come to an end within the next six to nine months seems to be borne out by the latest Auckland data from real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson.

Inflation is eroding super payments and savings rapidly while costs are rising.

More than $2.62 billion of building work was consented in July, up 4.1% compared to the same month last year, despite the construction industry facing a slow-down.