People are flocking to become landlords as a result of the residential property boom, new research has found.

A quarterly survey of New Zealand’s rental property market by the University’s Real Estate Analysis Unit shows that most investors have owned their properties for an average of three years. Professor Bob Hargreaves, director of the Real Estate Analysis Unit, says the survey of 889 landlords showed a surprisingly short time of investment. Wellington landlords have owned their properties for an average of five years, Auckland landlords for four years, and Christchurch landlords for three years.

Press Release: Institute of Chartered Accountants

Several families are demanding answers from a Christchurch builder after discovering they may never own the houses that he was building for them.

A proposed 39-section residential subdivision along the scenic Barrytown coast has angered residents.

Real estate developer Trans Tasman Properties made its second strike on Hong Kong land holdings yesterday, taking its Asian purchases up to $223 million in just four months.

April 2007 looks like being kick off date for a new savings and tax regime - whatever it finally looks like.

A businessman went on trial yesterday accused of duping people in a low-cost house-buying scheme.

A volcanic subterranean world beneath Auckland's streets is being put at risk by property developers.

The Securities Commission is to launch its own inquiry into the collapse of Access Brokerage, broadening the investigation.

A healthy economy, New Zealand-style, comes at a cost – especially for unfortunates with big home mortgages.

Have you finally saved up enough for the trip of a lifetime – or have you been selected to work in a foreign branch? Kristina Greene asks what globetrotters should consider before heading overseas.

A liquidators' report into the collapse of discount broker Access Brokerage shows the firm had been using client funds to run the company for some time, leading to a shortfall of $4.8 million in its client trust account.

ASB Bank today announced it was hiking its floating mortgage lending rate by quarter of a percentage point to 8.5 per cent with immediate effect for new borrowers and from October 4 for borrowers with existing loans.

A Tasman District Council report recommends refusing consent for a multimillion-dollar expansion of the Grape Escape complex in Appleby, despite the plan attracting more than 40 supporting submissions and only two objections.

A sizeable number of New Zealand Mortgage Brokers’ Association members want the practice of "mortgage reduction" banned for NZMBA members but others worry that excluding those engaged in such practices will mean the NZMBA has no jurisdiction over them.