The owners of 640 Waitakere city buildings might have to make them earthquake-proof under new government legislation.

A KEY part of Wanganui’s commercial sector came back into Wanganui ownership when large parts of the city’s Bridge Block were bought by Old Town Properties Ltd this year.

The Pauanui skyline is looking up, but some locals fear for one of the country's "coastal pearls".

Kiwis' love affair with property investment is defying warnings of an end to the boom in the market, ASB Bank's quarterly survey of investor confidence has found.

Q. For both parents to be working someone needs to be looking after the kids. It has cost us over $1000 a month - a child - for full-time daycare.

Office buildings in inner-city Wellington are the most expensive to operate in the country.

One thing that puzzles me about Western society is the lack of regard for older people. Those who have been around for several decades have made - and often learned from - every conceivable mistake. Therefore, they can advise younger generations on how to succeed and prosper, if only people would listen.

Press Release: Capital Properties

Central bank hawks are circling the world and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RB) looks set to swoop next week with another interest rate hike.

Auckland's inner-city apartment prices look to be falling after a failed auction this week left vendors with unsold units and an industry chief astonished at the $3 billion sector's quick reversal of fortunes.

New Zealand house prices stalled in September, with no change to the national median of $290,000, Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) figures out today show.

The $23 million expansion of Dress-Smart shopping outlets in Auckland and Christchurch is almost finished.

Builders putting up Auckland's tallest new apartment tower are three-quarters of the way to the top of the $100 million job.

Many New Zealand homes have defects their owners do not know of, according to a national house condition survey.

House prices stayed flat nationally last month, but Auckland hit a major spring resurgence, leaving one economist saying the Reserve Bank would be extremely unhappy with the ever-flourishing residential market.

The takeover tussle for Capital Properties is turning into the battle of the brokers as analysts express different views on whether the Wellington landlord should accept AMP Property Portfolio's takeover bid.