The launch of a controversial new investment company that was to invest solely in residential property has been put on hold.

New Zealand’s Property Investors Federation has hit back at Labour’s claim that property speculators are driving the market.

Restricting the sale of houses to foreign buyers may not help Auckland’s housing situation, BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander says.

It will take up to 20 years to address the imbalance between incomes and house prices, Housing Minister Nick Smith says.

There are clear signs that national house sales turnover is easing, especially among cheaper properties, the Real Estate Institute says.

Court processes for landlords chasing debts should be streamlined from next week.

Property investors around the country are writing to their local MPs, urging them to support Labour MP Phil Twyford’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill – and not rental property warrants of fitness.

New Zealand First is calling for a review of the Residential Tenancies Act.

Property investors should be worried about a looming bill of almost $10,000 as a result of a warrant of fitness scheme for rental properties, the NZ Centre for Political Research says.

First-home buyers appear to be changing their expectations as a result of loan-to-value restrictions, new data from CoreLogic shows.

Rental inflation should gain momentum and run ahead of growth in house prices this year, Crockers’ latest market research says.

Loan-to-value restrictions and rising interest rates are causing a levelling off in the property market, Quotable Value says in its latest statistics release.

Finance minister Bill English says there’s three to four years’ work to do to tackle the reasons behind New Zealand’s “choice” to have an expensive housing market.

[UPDATED] Last month was the second-busiest March since 2007, real estate agency Barfoot and Thompson says.

Auckland sellers aren’t losing confidence in the market, the latest Realestate.co.nz data shows.

A woman behind a $3.9 million mortgage fraud scheme has been sentenced to 12 months’ home detention and 250 hours of community work today.