Landlord returns are dropping as rent rises fail to keep pace with the increase in Auckland house prices, Barfoot and Thompson figures show.

Rent increases are bad news for everyone, the New Zealand Property Investors Federation says.

Real estate agents say first-home buyers are deserting the market as the loan-to-value restrictions take effect.

Buying in a slightly different suburb could save homeowners hundreds of thousands of dollars and carve up to 10 or more years off their mortgage, Westpac says.

Sales volumes eased in October but prices continued to rise, the latest data from the Real Estate Institute shows.

There are more people pleased that house prices are rising than worried about them, BNZ’s latest consumer confidence report shows.

Nine out of ten investors think the new loan-to-value restrictions will have no effecr on their buying behaviour over the next year, Crockers research shows.

Loan-to-value restrictions will be felt least in the cities with the hottest prices, QV said today as the organisation released its latest statistics.

More people may decide not to sell their properties by auction over the next couple of months as loan-to-value restrictions kick in, the Real Estate Institute says.

Buyers had more properties to choose from in October than they have had in quite a while, Barfoot and Thompson’s latest figures show.

New Zealand could learn something from Texans when it comes to policies relating to housing development, a report by the NZ Initiative says.

It will take a combination of a hike in interest rates and more houses being built to take the heat out of the Auckland housing market, ASB’s chief economist says.

Asking prices have reached another all-time high and the loan-to-value restrictions have not slowed investors’ intentions of buying, two sets of data released today show.

Young people are turning into investors rather than first-home buyers because of the loan-to-value restrictions, BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander says.

Capital gain is still overwhelming the main reason why people choose to buy an investment property, the latest Crockers Property Investment Index survey shows.

A capital gains tax has been recommended by Treasury, as a long-term measure to keep a lid on house prices.