Home Loan Report: Christmas spirit was in short supply in some corners of the mortgage market over the holidays with several lenders raising their rates.

2006 uncovered what many trust experts have known for some time, according to Mark Maxwell, chief executive of Integrity Trust Limited, a company specialising in trust management: the majority of trusts are at risk of being successfully challenged.

Gisborne was one of the most depressed areas of New Zealand. Now its future is looking bright with increasing employment and investment opportunities, as Kristine Walsh discovers..

Diana Clement continues our series on software and technology aids for property investors. Product: Department of Building and Housing (DBH) website Useful, free landlord and tenant information from the Department of Building and Housing.

Canterbury’s newest town is beginning to take shape, with the first stage of major earthworks about to get underway at Pegasus Town, after the confirmation of a $107 million funding deal with BOS International, a member of the HBOS Group.

In the first partial release of sections in a major residential development at Queenstown’s five-star Millbrook Resort, 14 of 16 sites for the new Millbrook West development have been sold to Millbrook Country Club members after offers from members were invited by 14 December.

The latest figures from the Property Council of New Zealand’s Investment Performance Index survey show commercial property investors receiving an average return of 18.98% in the year to September 2006, slightly above the 18.03% investors earned on average for the previous year, and a new all time high.

Buoyant Auckland and Wellington property prices and a big increase in $1 million-plus property sales were largely responsible for a further rise in the national residential property median price during November, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (Inc).

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (Inc) is confident it can reach agreement with the government on changes to the complaints and disciplinary process for real estate agents and salespeople, national president Murray Cleland said.

New Government solar water-heating programme; Coach's home under the hammer and Housing NZ tenants to get a move on

The South Auckland property market is surging ahead as the price of property – coupled with changing lifestyle preferences and increased economic activity in the region – begins to play a major role in people’s buying decisions.

The Property Council of New Zealand is confident that the passage of the Taxation (Annual Rates, Savings Investment and Miscellaneous) Provisions Bill, passed on 12 December, is a positive step to encourage savings and investment in New Zealand.

Auckland house prices and sales volumes appear to be holding up well according to the latest sales data from a local real estate firm.

Despite gleaming reports of recovery, Asian house prices are still below their pre-Asian Crisis levels.

Mike Pero Mortgages confirmed a record $200 million worth of mortgages in November 2006, up from the previous record of $175 million in a calendar month.

QV’s November statistics released today show national growth in residential property values of 9.4% over the past year (calculated over the three months ending November 2006 in comparison to the same period last year).