The Christchurch housing market has taken off, with the rental market leading the way, but some developers are already warning of overheating.

When Victor Rutherford bought a plush home on the banks of the Waikato River, he dreamed of turning it into a lodge.

People holding $21 million worth of bonds in Auckland's Metropolis property development are likely to get back only 50c of each dollar invested.

Q. I am a 35-year-old New Zealander living in London. My wife and I are moving back to New Zealand next year.

These are perhaps the most challenging - and certainly the most important - questions that investors ever have to face as it is only by attempting to thoroughly measure and understand the risk of an investment that the potential return can be seen as attractive or not.

Q: When in your opinion will the housing bubble burst? Should I buy now or invest in other options? I'm possibly going to work in the United Kingdom to increase my financial standing. I have just sold my home for a net profit of 16 per cent in 12 months, and am unsure whether to get back into the market now.

Six troubled companies associated with Taradale Properties are insolvent and are expected to be liquidated in the next few weeks.

Homeowners can be reasonably confident interest rates won’t rise this year and they can even hope for a rate cut following today’s Reserve Bank statement.

The housing market eased back in December from November’s high level of sales but there were still a record number of transactions for the month of December.

Where to live and what's on offer. CHARLOTTE COSSAR presents an overview of the city's suburbs. THE real estate market has been on a whirlwind ride during the past year and this looks certain to continue in 2003.

Auckland property developer Tim Manning has bought into Brent Clode's 1 Parliament St development in central Auckland, saying the leaky buildings crisis has driven him out of the suburbs.

An Auckland property developer has taken court action over unpaid rental returns on properties at Queenstown and Lake Rotorua.

The residential property boom which saw house prices in parts of the country increase by 24% this year has probably peaked.

The housing market continued to bubble in November with the number of transactions reaching an annual record and the median house price hitting a record $195,000.

Tourists driven away by high rents
Homeowners charging unrealistic summer rents for their properties are being warned they could drive tourists away.

Birgit Neumann, managing director of Nelson Tourism Services, said homeowners had "cottoned on" to the demand for private summer homes and prices were "fairly steep".

...She rented out about 300 individual homes

Overseas and absentee buyers are pushing house prices beyond the reach of the average family in the Queenstown Lakes District.