The proportion of borrowers’ weekly income that must be spent on mortgage repayments is at a three-year high, ANZ’s latest Property Focus report says.

Augusta Capital is to pay $15.4 million for KCL Property and Investment Property Titles (IPT) and has announced a new strategic alliance with real estate agency Bayleys.

Auckland’s eastern suburbs haven’t felt the effect of loan-to-value restrictions, real estate agency Bayleys says.

Auckland rental price growth was particularly strong last month in the city’s eastern suburbs, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Pt Chevalier and Birkenhead, Crockers’ latest statistics show.

More New Zealanders are now renting their homes, the latest Census 2103 data shows.

Fewer first-home buyers are looking to buy properties but investors are largely undeterred by restrictions on low-deposit lending, the latest BNZ/REINZ survey of real estate agents indicates.

Harcourts has reported a drop in new listings and sales in every region around the country.

Loan-to-value restrictions are having as much of an impact on investors as they are on first-home buyers, the New Zealand Property Investors Federation says.

More signs of a cooling housing market have been revealed in the latest Real Estate Institute statistics.

New Zealand bach owners who rent out their properties earn an average $12,513 a year, a new survey has found.

Soaring Christchurch rents are making the region almost as expensive to live in as the country’s biggest city, the latest Department of Building and Housing New Zealand Housing and Construction Quarterly shows.

Auckland property investors are feeling confident about the year ahead, the latest Crockers market research shows.

There’s a warning for would-be vendors with the latest Barfoot and Thompson statistics – don’t overprice your properties.

There are signs the upward trajectory of house prices seen over recent years is starting to level off, QV says.

Potential Dunn Funds investors have been told the launch of the company has been delayed.

More people are interested in buying investment properties since the loan-to-value rules kicked in, the latest BNZ Consumer Confidence survey shows.