There were 843 more sales in August this year than the same month last year, an increase of 16.2%, latest statistics from the Real Estate Institute show. But chief executive Helen O’Sullivan says the market is still subdued by normal standards.

Commercial rents in Christchurch's CBD are expected to increase by 25 per cent when the city's rebuild is complete.

People using property finders to purchase homes and rental properties should be careful of situations where the finder gets a secret commission from both the buyer and the seller, says property commentator Olly Newland.

Long-term data on investment returns should surprise property investors, says Camelot Financial Group, a financial advice firm.

A property commentator says selling all four houses from TV programme The Block on the same day made good television but not good sense.

Warrants of fitness for rental properties are not the solution to unhealthy homes, says the New Zealand Property Investors’ Federation.

It’s still a seller’s market, despite a lift in the number of properties for sale in August, Realestate.co.nz says.

Residential building rates jumped in the June quarter, up 7.1%, led by strong growth in Canterbury.

Auckland house prices sold in record numbers in August but prices remain steady, Barfoot and Thompson says.

Property is in the Inland Revenue Department’s sights again this year.

In the latest issue of NZ Property Investor Magazine we cast our eye across the country to find out what suburbs have had the biggest capital gains.

Data used by The Economist magazine to claim New Zealand house prices are significantly overvalued is flawed, says the New Zealand Property Investors Federation.

Construction growth is tailing off everywhere except Auckland and Canterbury, the Registered Master Builders Federation says.

High-profile property developer and racehorse owner Don Ha has been bankrupted.

Access to safe, decent, affordable housing is the single biggest issue facing hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders, according to a report from Salvation Army social policy analyst Alan Johnson.

Westpac says its new service, HomeClub, is a way to add value for customers beyond traditional banking services.