The Bank of New Zealand’s current aggressive anti-mortgage broker advertising is "a bit of a back-handed compliment" to brokers, Mortgage Brokers Association chairman Brian Berry reckons.

Offices in the former dark-mirror-glazed Maori Development Corporation on Broadway in Newmarket are being offered for sale with strata titles.

Q. I recently read about a successful case brought against a real estate agent who failed to disclose to the purchaser a personal relationship he had with the vendor.

In 2000 our company leased a warehouse/office. This was our first commercial property transaction and we foolishly did not obtain independent advice before entering into the lease.

The agent advised u

The small Waikato town of Tokoroa is a big hit with the Aussies, who are snapping up cheap houses as investment properties.

A group of businessmen wanting to build a giant retail complex between Hastings and Napier say they are heartened by the support for their proposal.

The Government has purchased a 758 hectare Nelson property to ensure public access to Harwood's hole, the deepest vertical cave shaft in New Zealand.

The Lowy family has announced plans to turn their shopping centre empire into the largest in the world, with Westfield Holdings to merge with the two major Westfield property trusts.

Waitara Leaseholders Association chairman Jonathan Marshall reckons New Plymouth ratepayers will be out of pocket by $10 million as a result of the Government's decision to buy the Waitara leasehold land from the council.

New Zealanders will have to work longer next year to cover the Government's spending, the Business Roundtable says.

The latest housing sales figures appear to put paid to any notion that the housing market may be cooling.

The New Zealand property market rebounded in March, with strong demand for blue chip properties and continued low interest rates driving up prices and property sales, the Real Estate Institute (REINZ) said on Tuesday.

The biggest commercial property development in central Tauranga for three years is about to start.

This is the first in a series of informative articles on the basic principles of modern portfolio theory. Modern portfolio theory encapsulates the many assumptions made in investments including the long term horizon of investment, diversification, expected return, volatility and risk. In this article we introduce some of these basic principles.

SYDNEY: Australians borrowed less money to invest in residential property for the fourth straight month in February, reinforcing the central bank's view that the risk from a credit boom is diminishing.

The past 12 months have seen a return to better times for New Zealanders with money invested in managed funds.

Q. Barbara asks: Since we talked about exchange traded funds (ETFs) a couple of weeks ago, I've been considering ETFs versus managed funds. If one of the benefits of ETFs is low costs, does that mean managed funds, which generally appear to incur higher fees, are a bad investment?

A. Dan Dividend responds: Certainly not - although it's best not to rush out and buy that g