The house that I'm renting has been put up for sale. My husband and I are interested in buying it but we're not sure how to proceed.

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House prices are rising faster in Invercargill than anywhere else in the country. The southern city is leading the house market upward trend with a whopping six percent increase in sales figures.

Mortgage funds, although lacking the slightest hint of sex appeal, are the hottest asset class in the managed fund sector at the moment.

House prices are set to rise 10 to 15 per cent in Auckland this year because of low interest rates, more people - including migrants - and a shortage of quality homes.

The Reserve Bank has today left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 5.75% and opened the way for cuts in both floating and fixed rate mortgages.

The Reserve Bank will keep interest rates on hold tomorrow, but may signal rates will rise another half a percent in future, WestpacTrust Bank says.

The trustee for bondholders in the ill-fated Metropolis tower, has written to investors in the project warning they may only get as little as 50 cents in the dollar back on their money. Trustee Tower Trust on Monday broke the bad news to the 1700 bondholders who invested $21 million in the development.

More than half of New Zealanders will be renting within 25 years if the shift away from home ownership continues.

With turmoil in investment markets around the world, people have been turning to housing as a safe bet for their money. This understandable reaction has created bubble markets in many economies and there are fears that when the bubble bursts recession will follow.

Need a 3-bedroom home to rent? How much will it cost? Seems it depends, entirely, on where abouts you live in the country...

For the second consecutive quarter property and bonds turned in strong returns while offshore equity markets continued to fall.

Investing in commercial property generally returns higher income than investing in residential property, but the fear of the unknown is daunting. After all, everyone knows what is involved with running a rented house, flat or apartment, because we all live in them. But the requirements of owning and leasing offices, shops or industrial buildings are different. Enter the professional manager.

A boom has led to a 10 per cent increase in average house rental prices and a fall in residential rental vacancies.

Winter weather has not cooled home-buyers' enthusiasm, with property sales rising sharply from the same time last year.

Money Managers has teamed up mortgage specialist McLaughlins Financial Services to offer Australian mortgages in New Zealand.