National has announced a range of new options designed to help first-home buyers into properties.

More residential property investors should consider commercial investments as an alternative, one commentator says.

Home sellers are still expecting near record prices for their homes, figures released by Realestate.co.nz show.

Auckland property owners can expect their property values to increase by an average 33% when they receive notices from the council in November.

Policies designed to improve the living conditions of low-income families should aim to have a minimal effect on rents, the NZ Property Investors Federation says.

The mood of would-be house buyers is at its lowest level since 2007, the latest ASB Housing Confidence Survey shows.

Prices are likely to continue to rise in Auckland and Christchurch due to a supply shortage, BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander says.

Landlords who own prime office property may soon start to increase rents significantly after a tough few years, Alan McMahon, national director of research and consultancy at Colliers International says.

Auckland and Canterbury/Westland are driving the increase in the national median house price, the Real Estate Institute says.

Fluctuations in migration have not noticeably affected Auckland’s steady and significant growth in house prices, Crockers says.

Property investors are a hands-on group, according to the latest survey of the New Zealand Property Investors Federation membership.

Property price rises in the main centres are slowing, QV says.

A third of landlords think rents are too low, Crockers latest market research shows.

Barfoot and Thompson’s latest statistics point to a “steadily sagging” market, Westpac’s economists say.

Sales prices dropped in the northern region in July but are still strongly up on last year, Harcourts data shows.

Realestate.co.nz has called Trade Me’s new monthly fee for real estate agents “desperate”.