The property market is booming in two New Plymouth satellite towns as house buyers discover a more affordable place to live.

We would all regret a cap being placed on rates rises, Prime Minister Helen Clark warns.

Q. Maybe you can enlighten me on my investment in property.

I have a mortgage-free house worth about $400,000. I am a pessimist in NZ property.

But is it a wise decision now to sell my house and rent one, and wait for a lower price to buy back?

One of the problems might be: is the return on my investment with that $400,000 adequate to cover my rental e

A feature of the New Zealand share market is how many ordinary people won’t go near it. They simply won’t forget 1987. The New Zealand share market suffered bad press after the 1987 crash, not simply because of the spectacular failures of a number of property and investment companies but through the bad-mouthing of politicians like Jim Anderton. He coined the expression, "the wild west without a sheriff", suggesting that if governance rules had been stronger, investors might not have lost their shirts (and shorts).

The Mediterranean townhouse up a long driveway was the end of a long search for Yvonne Badcock, Bruce Walton and their 8-year-old daughter Lena. They ticked off the requirements: three bedrooms, split levels, handy to Bruce's work in Ellerslie, big enough for Yvonne to work from home and, most importantly, low maintenance.

The Government is looking at regulating the burgeoning financial advisory and mortgage broking business.

Disabled people younger than 65 are being forced to live in rest homes because of a lack of specialist housing in the city.

KiwiBank has signed a deal with Bluestone Mortgages to provide home loans for high-risk customers it is not prepared to lend to itself.

Auckland's apartment boom risks transforming the city into a ghetto, says Australian author and property ethics crusader Neil Jenman.

Press Release: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand

One side effect of the housing boom has been that New Zealanders borrowed an estimated $3 billion against the increasing value of their homes in the year ended March, according to Westpac Bank economists.

Herne Bay residents are fighting to prevent two renovated villas being removed only weeks after a similar uproar in Parnell.

Press Release: Victoria University of Wellington

ING Property Trust - formerly the Paramount Property Trust - wants to buy more properties.

More listed office trust or company mergers are on the cards in this country.

The Auckland engineer who blew the whistle on New Zealand's dangerous high-rise construction practices last year has attacked the Government for ignoring the problem.