Banks want to hear from first-home buyers with small deposits.

Local Government Minister Paula Bennett says she wants to hear from property owners about “loopy” council rules and regulations.

Low levels of property market activity and rising interest rates are combining to create less intense house price inflation, ANZ’s economists say.

Region-specific factors have an important role to play in the performance of rental yields, a new report says.

Annual net immigration could push 50,000 this year, BNZ’s economists say.

A landlord whose DIY installation of a gas oven cost his tenant her life has been ordered to pay $5000 in reparation.

Auckland lifestyle block prices reached a new record high in the three months to June 2014, according to the latest Real Estate Institute statistics.

New Zealand has one of the least renter-friendly regimes in the OECD and changing that could be part of the solution to housing affordability problems, NZIER says.

Average Auckland rents have increased between $10 and $25 a week over the past year, Barfoot and Thompson says.

Power is shifting to buyers in Christchurch, real estate agency Harcourts says

The idea that the property market is suffering a shortage of listings is a myth, says property commentator Alistair Helm.

While the rest of New Zealand sweats, Invercargill is on the verge of real growth locals say. Amy Hamilton-Chadwick investigates

New Real Estate Institute statistics show the extent to which many regions are lagging behind Auckland and Canterbury’s property price gains.

Auckland asking prices hit a new record in June, listings website Realestate.co.nz reports.

AMP Capital is selling 18 New Zealand properties, worth $1 billion, to Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board.

Substantial harm can be done to consumers by incorrect or misleading valuations, Land Information NZ (LINZ) says.