Kiwibank and Bank of New Zealand today joined other banks in lifting their floating mortgage rates in the wake of the Reserve Bank's quarter percentage point hike in the Official Cash Rate on January 29.

Landlords should probably be applauding Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard's recent interest rate rise.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may signal that a slowing housing market and a rising currency has reduced the urgency to raise interest rates when it presents its quarterly statement on the economy on Monday.

Property values in the Hauraki Gulf Islands, particularly Waiheke and Great Barrier, have surged by 71% in the last six years as demand for coastal and lifestyle properties continues to grow.

Auckland house prices continued to fall last month, says the city's largest real estate agency.

What can you do if your neighbour leaves piles of stinking rubbish near your back door?

The Otago Regional Council is using a change in the law to get rates payments from another 10,000 property owners.

Booming house prices are poised to come off the boil as the influx of migrants continues to ease, although investors are still priming a strong residential property market.

Those who own or live in apartments and terraced houses may not be aware of the issues involved, says a new report from the Auckland Regional Growth Forum.

January was a quiet month for mortgage rate changes - but will February be the same?

Northland homes are still more affordable than the rest of the country, according to the latest AMP Home Affordability Report.

An Australian research company famous for rating mortgage deals on a five-star scale has set up shop in New Zealand to give banks here a similarly testing time.

In a sharemarket starved for local share floats, suddenly two investment companies with the same speciality are planning near-simultaneous initial public offerings.

Taranaki's building boom shows no sign of slowing, despite predictions of a lull.

Rising house prices and better fortunes in the sharemarket have pushed investor confidence to all-time highs, the ASB Bank says.

Calls for the Government to review the eligibility of some west Auckland state house tenants are being rubbished by Housing Minister Steve Maharey.