Property commentator Olly Newland has rubbished suggestions the Reserve Bank should clamp down on property investors.

Bank economists support the Reserve Bank’s decision to leave loan-to-value restrictions in place for now.

Average weekly rents rose by up to 5.4% across Auckland last month compared to the same time the year before, Barfoot and Thompson says.

Provincial New Zealand will suffer from LVR restrictions not being lifted, Harcourts says.

Westpac should be congratulated for offering 30-year interest-only mortgages, one property commentator says.

REINZ is reporting a noticeable increase in real estate market activity in October.

Auckland property owners trying to access their new council valuations online are still having trouble.

Median weekly rents are up more than 6% compared to a year ago, Trade Me says.

Positive sentiment may be brewing among would-be property buyers, the ASB’s latest housing confidence survey shows.

Returns from commercial property are now at their highest level since 2008, the Property Council says.

Property developers and investors’ views are being sought on the way local government makes land available for housing.

Nationwide residential property values are increasing at the slowest rate in two years, Quotable Value says, but Auckland’s price inflation looks to have had another boost.

Auckland's real estate market is returning to the levels of activity it experienced before the disruption of September's election, Barfoot and Thompson says.

Real estate agencies are being encouraged to use a set of new clauses in residential agreements that minimise the possibility of vendors being liable for double commissions.

Trade Me has reported a spring surge in average asking prices.

Promised night flights from Auckland have boosted interest in a Queenstown subdivision, the developer says.