Millions of dollars worth of education building projects are being delayed due to a Northland building boom.

Doom and gloom merchants constantly lamenting New Zealand's lack of wealth and imminent demise of our capital markets should just get over it, says veteran financial adviser John Rowley.

The booming property market has helped to boost investor confidence by seven percentage points in the September quarter, according to the latest ASB Bank investor confidence survey.

The property boom is hitting Whakatane, with high demand for a new coastal subdivision.

A high profile Auckland property developer claims he's being persecuted by Inland Revenue.

Q. I entered into a motel lease in 1996 for 27 years at a rental based at 42 per cent of turnover. The industry standard is around 33 per cent of turnover.

Borrowers breathed easier last week when the Reserve Bank decreed that there was no need to increase interest rates - for now.

The booming housing market just gets hotter: the latest housing consents figures for September show more new houses were approved than in any September since 1973.

The home-building boom is being blamed for the collapse of a construction firm working on 25 house sites between Clevedon and Warkworth.

Sharemarket newcomer Urbus Properties has announced a $12.1 million half-year after-tax profit and says it has $375 million worth of properties.

Auckland's motorway system has been criticised by a foreign investor at an investment seminar and cited as a drawback to buying property here.

The City of Sails is grappling with public access to some of its most popular waterfront land at Westhaven Marina and the Viaduct Harbour.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has made a deal with property owners near Wanaka Airport for the second time in just a few months.

Some Wakefield Quay home owners are upset at rises in the rating valuations for their properties, which they fear could more than double their rates.

New Zealand's overall investor confidence has made its biggest jump in nearly two years on the back of the property boom, according to new figures.

The days of DIY building projects may be coming to an end as the government moves to restrict home handymen.