Home builder partners keen to be involved in major government housing projects in Auckland are being sought for five superlots of land totalling 1.58 hectares in Northcote on the North Shore.

Every New Zealander deserves a warm, healthy home to live in, and the Health Homes Guarantee Act will help ensure that, said Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford.

Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ) shows there were 92 fewer farm sales (-26.1%) for the three months ended October 2017 than for the three months ended October 2016.

Property Institute of New Zealand Chief Executive, Ashley Church, has strongly endorsed a warning, by new Housing Minister Phil Twyford, that Aucklanders should not go out and binge on the basis of big increases in the Council-assessed value of their homes.

Investors and owner-occupiers are being targeted by the original developer of a multi-million-dollar light industrial multi-use business park in Christchurch.

Even minor improvements to new buildings can make a significant difference to tenants’ comfort, new research from the University of Otago, Wellington, has found.

Moving to the city’s outer suburbs doesn’t mean you have to give up all of the creature comforts of urban living. Good Home Lincoln Road has opened its doors in Henderson and the team want you to come in, put your feet up and say hello to the new local.

Queenstown’s residential housing development, Bullendale, is setting the bar high for Special Housing Areas (SHAs) across the country, forging a solid reputation for providing affordable living, a sense of community and architecturally designed quality homes at a pace that has surprised the mar

Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 117 fewer farm sales (-30.2%) for the three months ended September 2017 than for the three months ended September 2016.

High quality ‘tiny houses’ seem to be piquing the interest of more Cantabrians as evidenced by hundreds of people looking through two Christchurch built examples this weekend at the Christchurch Home Show.

The Ruapehu District Rating Revaluation for 2017 is now confirmed and property owners will soon receive a 2017 Notice of Rating Valuation with an updated rating value for their property.

The Auckland commercial property market continues to retain its buoyancy, despite typical late cycle behaviour driven by tightening credit conditions, capacity constraints and labour shortages, according to CBRE’s latest Marketview report.

A NZ Property Investors' Federation (NZPIF) study has shown that renting the average NZ property is $218 per week cheaper than owning the same property.

The Government is providing warm and safe housing for those New Zealanders who need a helping hand, says Social Housing Minister Amy Adams.

A clever, beautiful, $34 million sustainable building deploying innovative building technologies is soon to open in Christchurch at Ara’s central campus on Moorhouse Ave.

House prices are now falling in most parts of the country making home ownership more affordable for first home buyers in most places, according to interest.co.nz’s June Home Loan Affordability reports.

Labour will work with Queenstown-Lakes District Council, iwi, and the Community Housing Trust to build the modern, affordable housing Queenstown desperately needs, says Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little.

A Bill which provides better protections and clarity for tenants and landlords has passed its First Reading in Parliament 105-14, Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith says.

Tommy’s Real Estate, Wellington’s leading real estate agency, says that despite reports that the Wellington housing market was running out of steam, Tommy’s signed 76 sales during June.

"The NZ Property Investors' Federation is very pleased to see the release of the NZ Standard for meth contamination today" said Andrew King, executive officer

First National Real Estate Chief Executive, Bob Brereton, says an Americas Cup win would lead to a massive and sustained period of development on the Auckland waterfront and believes that the city would move quickly to gear up accommodation and infrastructure.

Legislation enabling a housing development at Point England and progress on Ngāti Paoa’s historical Treaty settlement has passed its second reading by 62-43, Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith says.

A new approach to measuring housing affordability will provide important information to support Government and other stakeholder decisions on housing, MBIE Deputy Chief Executive Building, Resources and Markets, Chris Bunny said today when releasing the Housing Affordability Measure.

Tommy’s Real Estate, Wellington’s leading real estate agency, signed sales of 111 properties in the Capital in March, up on the 99 sales achieved in February.

From tonight Accessible Properties will take over the ownership and management of more than 1100 homes from Housing New Zealand in the Tauranga area.

A new initiative aimed at ending chronic homelessness in Auckland has officially kicked off.

The median weekly rent for a typical New Zealand house hit $500 for the first time ever in February, meaning the annual cost for tenants is now $26,000 a year, according to the latest Trade Me Property Rental Price Index.

Thirty-eight percent of those disabled people in rented homes said they have difficulty heating, Stats NZ said today.

AVJennings announced today that it is now underway with the construction on the site of the 12.5 hectare Buckley B Precinct at Hobsonville Point, a project that will see the company deliver 114 of the 383 homes as affordable housing.

The value of building activity rose a seasonally adjusted 3.5 percent in the December 2016 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Most of this rise was in Auckland, where residential building work rose 4.5 percent, and non-residential rose 17 percent.