Real estate agency Harcourts is welcoming Reserve Bank indications that the loan-to-value restrictions could be removed by the end of the year.

First-home buyers seemed to be back in the market last month, data from Quotable Value shows.

Another tranche of special housing areas for Auckland has been revealed by Auckland’s Mayor and the Housing Minister this afternoon.

Kiwi Income Property Trust has sold its remaining 50% stake in an Auckland high-rise office complex.

Auckland’s average asking price reached a new high of $685,426 in April, up 12% on the same time the year before, Realestate.co.nz says.

Loan-to-value restrictions and rising interest rates are keeping Auckland prices in check, Barfoot and Thompson says.

Fees are investors’ main reason for avoiding body corporate properties, according to the latest Crocker Property Investment Index.

Labour’s proposal to ring-fence the tax losses on rental properties will just drive up rents, the New Zealand Property Investors Federation says.

Consents for new houses rose to a six-year high in March, the latest statistics reveal.

There may not be enough land available for commercial development under the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan, the Property Council says.

Investors should not expect property yields to rise in the face of increasing interest rates, property consultants JLL say.

Labour would limit the loan-to-value restrictions to Auckland, deputy leader David Parker says.

Expect the heat to come out of the property market, ANZ’s economists say.

Auckland’s CBD office vacancy rate is dropping and demand is building, especially for high-quality stock, real estate agencies say.

Auckland’s Lumley Centre is being offered for sale via a public expression of interest campaign.

A surge in migration last month won’t be enough to stop the Reserve Bank taking a more cautious tone in tomorrow’s Official Cash Rate announcement, Westpac’s economists say.