Residential property investors believe the housing market is nearing the bottom, according to the latest property investor survey run by Mike Pero Mortgages and Landlords.co.nz.

The property market is continuing to experience significantly higher levels of sales activity compared to 12 months ago and many are selling at auction, according to Harcourts' latest statistics.

A new plain English Sale and Purchase form has been developed by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) which will be available to vendors and purchasers this week.

The housing market is holding steady, according to the June housing statistics from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). Find out what's happening in the main areas throughout the country in the story below.

Property managers have avoided extra regulation after a review found additional laws wouldn’t be justified and would unfairly add compliance costs.

Property values have increased in June, according to the latest statistics from Quotable Value (QV). Find out what's happening in the main regions in the story below.

New Zealand property values rose in June as a general shortage of properties for sale saw vendors boost their prices in what's beginning to look like a sellers' market.

Auckland home sales extended their gains last month, suggesting confidence in the sector is beginning to stabilise, according to real estate firm Barfoot & Thompson (B&T).

The company which previously owned the Richmastery property education business has gone into liquidation, owing creditors almost $76,000.

New Zealand home building approvals rose for a second month, spurred by consents for apartments, stoking optimism the central bank's policy of record-low interest rates and a pick-up in net migration is reviving demand in the property market.

The Mike Pero Mortgages/Infometrics Property Cycle Indicator (PCI) moved into positive territory in May, for the first time since 2007.

Are you planning to buy a rental property? How are you going to work out whether the numbers stack up? Back-of-an-envelope calculation, or pay an accountant?

Fortunes will be made in these turbulent economic times and the divide between the rich and the average New Zealander is only going to widen.

All main trading banks have agreed to join the government's insulation and heating scheme, and have agreed to waive fees for top-up loans home owners get as part of insulation retrofits.

ANZ National Bank’s eight gauges of the housing market found property was underpinned by strong net migration, but the outlook was still hazy with the correction “yet to fully pan out”.

New Zealand residential property prices slipped in May, after three straight monthly gains, while the volume of sales held up in a market suffering from "an acute shortage of houses," according to the Real Estate Institute (REINZ).