Sales have lifted throughout the country, but the market remains weighted in favour of buyers. Find out what's happening in the main regions throughout the country.

The residential property market has been changing dramatically over the past few months. Find out what has been happening in the main urban areas in March.

Take-up of the government's insulation scheme has been hot throughout the summer months, HSBC has substantially dropped its home loan rates and now has the lowest rates on offer, plus a national real estate company has seen sales rise 30% over the past month.

The New Zealand tax system is unfair and creates the wrong incentives for investment, particularly in the property sector, says Treasury Secretary John Whitehead.

There has been a new law passed in the hopes of making management of apartment blocks easier and the number of unsold houses on the market is now backed up to over a year's worth.

New Zealand's lifestyle property market is becoming more closely linked to residential real estate moving away from the traditional association with rural land according to Bayleys.

The government's pre-budget tax announcements have had a dramatic impact on confidence in investing in the housing market, according to the latest RaboPlus Financial Confidence Index. Confidence levels have slumped a massive 31%, from -16% in August/September 2009 to -47% in February/March 2010.

The number of mortgagee sales was down in January, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the numbers will continue to fall this year.

Finance minister Bill English has again taken aim at property investors who offset their tax by using losses in leveraged property.

The government has said the Tax Working Group's (TWG) predictions on how much revenue could potentially be collected from tax on the property investment sector was too radical.

Growth in the property market is petering off, with the Mike Pero Mortgages/Infometrics Property Cycle Indicator (PCI) falling to its lowest level in 18 months.

The housing market appears to be a game of two halves, with some areas seeing substantially more sales activity than others.

To find out what's happening in the main centres, use the links in the story below.

Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard kept the official cash rate unchanged at 2.5%, as expected, and reiterated a mid-year start to rate hikes, saying the subdued pace of recovery will restrain inflation.

Property values in February are above the same time last year, with the main urban areas performing well. To find out what's been happening in the six main areas throughout the country, click on the links in the story below.

Listings in Auckland reached an 11-month high in February and the average sales price reached a historical high for the month, according to Barfoot & Thompson.