Hotel room rates are rising rapidly as the hotel sector recovers from the Covid-led downturn.

Canterbury investors made up the second highest number of respondents in the recent Tony Alexander Investor Insight survey, reflecting how big property investment is in the region, although activity flies below the radar for much of the public.

As contracts on off-the-plan developments and new-builds fall over because of the tough new finance laws making it difficult for buyers to get finance, due to the risks associated with them, including the rising costs of construction, warnings have been issued by the industry.

The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for landlords to find good tenants.

House prices tumbled a record $24,550, or 3% in just four weeks last month, the latest Trade Me House Price Index shows.

As climate risks increase, a long-term project has been launched to look for answers into the link between house prices and climate change.

House prices are roughly back to where they were a year ago. However, don’t expect a revitalisation of the housing market any time soon: the big slump in turnover suggests prices have further to fall before they find the market-clearing level.

Residential property sales across the country took a steep dive in June.

After plunging in April, new mortgage lending rose 20.4%, up $1.2 billion to $6.8b in May.

One of four property investors accused of deceiving banks and fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in home loans has pleaded guilty.

Average home values across the country have dropped more than $52,577, down 4.9% since the beginning of this year, according to QV’s latest House Price Index.

For investors, facing a more heavily regulated market and the full force of inflationary pressures, buying is becoming harder and harder to stack up.

The number of houses being sold across Auckland has fallen dramatically to levels not seen since 2010 when the country was technically in a recession after the global financial crisis.

A big turnaround has hit the previously buoyant residential rental market.

Residential construction is close to topping out – if it hasn’t already –  in this housing cycle.

New Zealand is at the top of Bloomberg’s list of riskiest housing markets – those that are vulnerable to a price crash.