Rental prices for three-bedroom Auckland properties have risen most quickly in Epsom, while prices for two-bedroom properties have gone up the quickest in Grey Lynn.

Taupo's property market is bouncing back after two years of slow sales.

Homeowners are alarmed that their property valuations are sinking, despite booming sales on the Shore.

Demand from homeowners wanting to lock up their mortgages has kept the pressure on lending institutions to trim their rates, a new survey shows.

Auckland's median house prices rose by $14,000 in just two months, according to figures from the Real Estate Institute.

UK house prices have surged a record 4.7 percent in October to stand a whopping 30.6 percent higher on the year, according to the Halifax bank.

The Auckland City Council's three yearly assessment of the city's property values is out, showing an increase of up to 52 percent in the value of land and capital on islands such as Waiheke and Great Barrier.

New Zealand’s housing market should continue to enjoy solid growth for a relatively long time but it isn’t in danger of overheating, according to National Bank

William Cairns of mortgage provider Cairns Lockie has been crystal ball-gazing lately about what further innovations might be expected in the market.

Mortgage brokers are no longer considering Kiwibank a threat, despite the fact that it has some of the lowest home loan rates in the market....

Legislation taking effect from July will allow the Dunedin City Council and other councils to charge a full set of rates on each separately inhabited part of a residential property.

Q: The thought of buying maybe two or three houses and then renting them out, so that the mortgage can be paid for me, does sound like a good option. But I don't know whether this makes financial sense in the long term.

The key aim of property investment is to acquire an asset that generates income, at minimum personal cost.

There are two important concepts that any property investor needs to be aware of - yield, and capital gain.

Syndicators with nearly $800 million worth of real estate announced fund revamps last week that have received a mixed reaction in the industry. Auckland's Dominion Funds, which owns property worth nearly $400 million, proposed a deal for investors in eight of its 31 funds.

1:Two years ago, knowing redundancy was just around the corner and after listening to the likes of Don Brash and yourself, among others, I concluded I had too much invested in my mortgage-free house. I would trade down and spread my money around to "be safe"....