A report into the proposed takeover of Trans Tasman Properties puts a much higher value on the company's shares than the buyout offer.

The BNZ is apologising after this week sending out nearly 7400 letters with customer information to the wrong addresses.

Q. Barbara asks: I've heard terms like "growth" and "value" being used to describe shares and investing styles. What do these terms mean and which category should I fit into?

A. Dan responds: Growth investing and value investing are types of investment strategies. Everyone should have a strategy for picking companies to invest in. Having said that, your preferred strateg

Q. Four years ago I bought a two-bedroom unit in Auckland for $179,000. When comparing with nearby properties that have sold in the past year or so, it would now be worth about $279,000.

My fiance lives with me and pays rent. We are to be married in July and it seems silly for him to go on paying me rent.

Option 1 is for him to pay me for half the house at the curr

The building boom continues unabated, with latest consent figures again prompting statisticians to reach for the record books.

Mortgage broker Mike Pero says demand for houses may slow down a little as interest rates rise but he is not fazed

A bill currently going through Parliament goes too far for some in the financial services industry.

The Reserve Bank has increased the Official Cash Rate to 5.5%.

A boost to the accommodation supplement is expected to offer immediate relief to low-income earners in the Budget as the Government considers longer-term measures for first-home hopefuls squeezed out of the property market.

Conservationists say the Buller District Council will make millionaires out of squatters by granting long-term leases to bach owners along the scenic Punakaiki coast.

Taumarunui is being invaded by Japanese, Australians, Aucklanders and others, all looking for rental investment properties.

Hanover Group subsidiary Axis Property has sold $22.2 million worth of Auckland property this month, but says it has now switched to buying mode.

Minority shareholders in Trans Tasman Properties have been warned against accepting a takeover deal which has been deemed unfair and unreasonable.

Listed hotel operator CDL Hotels has moved to tidy up its convoluted company structure through a $21.3 million full takeover offer for its property development subsidiary, Kingsgate International.

Housing Minister Steve Maharey says accommodation supplementary as part of 10-yr plan to make housing affordable

The housing market is not quite as buoyant as the latest figures might suggest, says Deutsche Bank.