Holiday campers at Riversdale Beach in Wairarapa are angry that the beachfront property boom has seen their camping ground sold off for redevelopment.

Taupo district councillors, council officers and international experts are heading to Hamilton to seek tougher rules to protect Taupo from subsidence caused by geothermal extraction.

This year we will not be using our holiday home and have been told that it will rent well over holiday periods. If we do rent it, are we liable for tax on the rental? Can we claim the expenses of ownership as tax deductions?

The Securities Commission yesterday fronted up to concern over mushrooming non-bank lending, revealing it is launching a review of disclosure by finance companies.

Warnings not to invest in a forestry scheme being promoted through unsolicited junk mail.

Don't panic if you're rejected by the bank - these days you can still get a mortgage.

A bid to establish a private tourist lodge in the heart of the Remarkables Conservation Park will be considered by the Otago Conservation Board today.

The Christchurch City Council faces a tough task keeping rate increases in check despite a buoyant economy boosting its coffers, a senior councillor warns.

Trans Tasman Properties reported a full year profit of $24.3 million yesterday, but worries about its intentions to invest in risky foreign property appeared to be the catalyst for a shareprice fall of almost 14 per cent.

Elders says it gets no loyalty from customers who take out three year rates so has dropped it althogether.

Once again, the return of students to the Christchurch area is causing issues. At the start of every year there is a major accommodation shortage, which is exasperated by landlords’ increasing rents, capitalising from the captive student market.

A 90-section development has been proposed that could double the size of Luggate.

Building materials company James Hardie Industries says it expects a solid full year result but warned of the expected slowdown in new housing activity in the North American, Australian and New Zealand markets...

Deposit Power Guarantees, which provides an alternative to paying a cash deposit on a house, is about to crank up its marketing efforts in New Zealand.

New administrators of Landcorp mortgages charging high interest rates on late payments

Developers have won the fight for a patch of native bush in Parnell.