There's comforting and worrying news in a recent survey of property investors. Example: The majority have had at least six years experience in property, and 57 per cent have more than ten years.

Press Release: New Zealand Government

Many Taupo people are learning for the first time the full extent of the possible risk of future subsidence in the town and its environs because of geothermal extraction, the Contact Energy consents hearing has been told.

The controversial application to build an apartment block on Takapuna Beach is on hold because the North Shore City Council wants more information.

Two upmarket hotels will be built in Tauranga over the next year, giving the Western Bay's tourism sector a major boost.

Mortgage brokers aren’t the only people involved in the housing market to be paid commissions by the banks: all five of the major home lending banks have confirmed they pay in some form people such as real estate agents for referrals for home loans.

Bank of New Zealand’s anti-broker campaign is having a significant impact on banking industry profit margins across the board, says Brian Hayr, senior manager of third party origination at National Bank.

Waikato police have arrested two men as a result of a long-running fraud inquiry, and say more arrests will follow.

The New Zealand house market is ripe to mimic the crumbling of houses prices in major Australia cities, an expert from an Australian property research firm said today.

Finance Minister Michael Cullen has laid down the gauntlet to businesses clamouring for a tax cut: would they prefer the payroll or capital gains taxes companies face in other countries?

First major survey of property investors released

Q. I own a multi-tenanted industrial complex at Mt Maunganui.

My father has been managing it for me while I am overseas and he has allowed one of the tenants to place a large container over part of his carpark and part of the access way.

I'm returning home and want to get the container moved from the site or charge them for leaving it there. Can I do this?
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AMP NZ Office Trust nudged up its after-tax profit slightly from $25.5 million in the nine months ended March last year to $26.3 million this year.

Trans Tasman Properties has announced a move to buy large chunks of Auckland's waterfront and plans for a high-rise apartment tower in the city.

Kiwi Income Property Trust today posted a 9.7% rise in net profit after tax (npat) to $49.1 million for the year ended March.