Property investors are not very worried about Auckland’s falling rental returns, new research from Crockers reveals.

Demand for higher-value properties pushed Barfoot and Thompson’s average June sales price to the second-highest on record.

Property investors need to raise their rents now to offset rising interest rates, the New Zealand Property Investors Federation says.

More than 120 mediation days have been saved so far in a trial of Fasttrack, the new dispute resolution channel for Tenancy Tribunal applications.

Community groups are standing in the way of intensification of residential development in many parts of Auckland, Property Council says.

Almost nine in 10 rental properties owned by property investors’ association members have been insulated, a new survey shows.

Interest rates could fall further than the Reserve Bank is comfortable with after today’s OCR announcement, economists say.

Building consent figures did not rebound as much in May as had been predicted.

Nationwide housing affordability has dropped 7.6% over the past year, Massey University’s real estate analysis unit says.

Sales prices are starting to follow the downward trend of residential property turnover, ANZ’s economists say.

House prices will likely rise less than the Reserve Bank expects this year, Dominick Stephens says.

Most vendors don’t do enough research on the real estate agents they sign up to sell their properties, says the man behind a new website that aims to put sellers in control.

Rising Watercare infrastructure charges will add to the price of new houses in Auckland, the Property Council says.

Auckland’s average apartment rent has barely moved over the past five years, new data from real estate agency City Sales shows.

Wellington and Queenstown are the latest districts to be singled out for housing accords.

Canterbury’s rents are rising to Auckland levels and outpacing the region's house prices, new Department of Building and Housing statistics show.