Auckland real estate agency The Property Market has launched a new commission structure that means vendors are only charged for the top end of the sale price.

Migration is now a key source of demand for housing, the latest ANZ Property Focus report says.

Property commentator Alistair Helm says Kiwis are missing out on valuable real estate data.

Investors could soon squeeze first-home buyers out of the Hamilton market and push rents higher, a local real estate agency says.

A drop in turnover and a lengthening in the average time it takes a property to sell will be the first signs of a slowdown in the residential housing market, Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens says.

Activity is picking up in regional New Zealand ahead of the loan-to-value speed limit introduction at the end of the month, the Real Estate Institute says.

A record proportion of real estate agents say the market they’re operating in favours sellers, the latest BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Survey shows.

Rent controls proposed by Labour party leadership hopeful Grant Robertson have been panned by Act leader John Banks.

Loan-to-value speed limits won’t be removed until the Reserve Bank is convinced it won't prompt a resurgence in house prices, governor Graeme Wheeler said this morning.

Auckland Council has agreed on a proposed Unitary Plan and mayor Len Brown says it clears the way for action on housing affordability.

House prices will increase for some time yet despite the introduction of loan-to-value speed limits at the end of the month, QV research director Jonno Ingerson says.

A shortage of builders means that the rate of house construction is not going to lift much, no matter how much land is freed up, says BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander.

Auckland’s average price is slowly dropping, the city’s biggest real estate agency reports.

Parents are offering their equity as security or increasing their own debt to provide deposits for their first-home buyer children, an Auckland broker says.

Listings are up but not enough to keep pace with buyer demand, the latest property report from Realestate.co.nz shows.

Office space is driving improving commercial property returns, the latest Property Council New Zealand/IPD New Zealand All Property Index returns show.