Butterfields building owner Mark Munro isn't expecting any opposition to his plans to knock down the building.

The seven owners in the Ponsonby Garden townhouse complex awarded $700,000 in a landmark leaky building ruling face a further wait for compensation after appeals were lodged by the site manager, project manager and architect.

Only one Auckland house sold out of three auctions last week.

Britomart railway station architect Mario Madayag has been hired to develop an urban design framework for the area of Queen St around the Jean Batten State Building & adjoining Bank of New Zealand site.

A maritime village with canals and a lock as well as 297 homes is being proposed for the lower reaches of the Wairoa River about 5km northwest of Clevedon.

Confirmation that owning a bach is now a dream for the vast majority of New Zealanders comes with the news that price tags have reached $1 million or more in even the smaller Bay of Plenty communities.

Waitakere landownders are warned to brace themselves for a hefty rates rise.

A Mangere lawyer says new laws designed to help protect people from unscrupulous money lenders do not go far enough.

Rundown security, poor amenities, deferred building maintenance and a weak property market confronted listed landlord and Australian-managed Macquarie Goodman when it paid $52 million for Central Park at Greenlane three years ago.

Strata-titled floors of a $40 million office park planned for land alongside Ellerslie Racecourse are being sold before construction starts.

Rapidly rising house prices at the top of the South Island have resulted in a Government-funded research agency calling for a study into the matter.

Expectations that Auckland’s roller-coaster housing market might be trending down were dashed yesterday when sales figures at the city’s largest agency rocketed ahead, establishing an 82-year record.

Invercargill's property value growth has begun to slow down but other parts of the district are still riding the surging property wave, according to figures from QV Valuations.

Properties to the south of Timaru are becoming the latest hot property.

The Bay Hill is to have its first major development with a boutique hotel but the site is somewhat of a surprise.

The Nelson region is leading the way in a nationwide slowdown in the residential property market, Quotable Value central region manager Blue Hancock says.