Wellington, June 28 NZPA - Mortgagee house sales increased 25 percent to 251 properties last month, the highest number of forced sales in the 15 years the figures have been recorded.

Wellington, June 17 NZPA - Real estate company Harcourts is continuing to report a low level of new listings as a feature of the property market, which it says will continue to stabilise.

Wellington, May 13 NZPA - Lower interest rates and more affordable property prices are boosting activity in the property market, according to real estate agent Harcourts. Harcourts said it wrote an average 44 percent more sales in April than in the same month last year.

Wellington, April 22 NZPA - Real estate agent Harcourts said a combination of an increase in buyer activity and fewer new listings make it a good time for new sellers to list properties.

Wellington, April 8 NZPA - Residential property values continued to fall in the Auckland region last month but in much of the country the decline showed signs of flattening, latest figures from QV Valuations show.

Wellington, March 8 NZPA - Increased interest in houses in sought-after areas and a return of investors to the market failed to prevent property values as measured by QV Valuations falling further last month.

Wellington, March 6 NZPA - For the second day in a row the real estate industry is highlighting data that could indicate the downbeat property market is turning.

Wellington, Dec 7 NZPA - Faint hints of an end to the fall in property prices can be glimpsed in QV Valuations latest monthly report, but banks' tighter lending criteria and job insecurity are clouding the outlook.

Wellington, Nov 13 NZPA - The median price of houses sold in October rose 1.5 percent from September but was 4.28 percent lower than a year ago, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (Reinz).

Mortgage broker Jodi Cottle tells BELINDA MCCAMMON Generation Y can afford to buy property, they just have to know how. Auckland, June 19 NZPA - Auckland-based mortgage broker Jodi Cottle believes there is no such thing as a bad time to buy property.