Inland Revenue will not say which suburbs it is most closely monitoring for property transactions that should be taxed but says it is paying more attention to what vendors are doing.

Wellington’s economic development agency wants loan-to-value restrictions removed immediately from parts of New Zealand where the housing market is not over-heated.

Landlords wanting to avoid a new $200 charge to get a bailiff to evict tenants may put themselves in danger trying to carry out the process themselves, one property manager says.

A slump in house sales is a significant risk to the New Zealand economy, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research says.

Allen Realty is offering landlords free smoke alarms for their rental properties and says it supports moves to make them a legal requirement.

A new app designed by the Drug Detection Agency will help landlords work out whether their properties are being used to manufacture or grow drugs.

Deposits paid for homes in stage one of Auckland’s Springpark Development are safe, despite Panama Road Developments Ltd going into receivership.

A capital gains tax would have a positive impact on home ownership levels, BNZ’s chief economist Tony Alexander says.

First-home buyers are using creative lending solutions to get into the market, Harcourts says.

Immigration is soaring – but don’t expect it to stop the heat coming out of house prices, Westpac’s economists say.

Expect the property market to get a serious case of the wobbles over the next few months if the political polls remain tight, says commentator Olly Newland.

Kiwi Income Property Trust has announced an after-tax and expenses profit of $101.3 million for the year ended March 31.

Loan-to-value restrictions have moderated house price inflation and credit growth in the six months since they were implemented, the Reserve Bank says.

Office building rental returns are too low to justify more building in the premium end of the market, a new report has found.

Only 6% of the homes tested as part of a trial of rental warrant of fitness standards passed every item on the checklist, it has been revealed.

Housing affordability received limited attention in the 2014 Budget, revealed today.