Housing

The rates bill on the property, which is surrounded by state homes, has grown to $317,846.55 and is now the city's longest outstanding debt.

Te Kohekohe will provide 60 homes in an area where accommodation is in desperately short supply.

Residents and business owners on Auckland's Waiheke Island are split on what to make of the island's housing crisis.

Home loan borrowers are facing a "massive" opportunity to save money - if they can afford to.

Despite a high homeless per capita population, many houses on the island sit unoccupied for much of the year. Audio

Property investors will switch from being the "hunted" to the "hunters" as conditions improve for them, Kiwibank says.

Rates for people with small deposits are now better than what was available to those with 20 percent earlier this year, a broker says.

With little affordable housing available, ministers were told changes could see more people living on streets and in cars, documents reveal. Audio

The housing market has warmed up to winter with an uncharacteristic increase in sales.

Carolyne Hall said the sale fell through after the buyer became aware of resource consent applications to extend emergency housing contracts.

ANZ Bank has cut some of its fixed home loan and term deposit rates again.

The Reserve Bank has signalled further rate cuts to come, but what will that mean for borrowers?

"Significant" investment is needed to help military families suffering from black mould, damp and draughts. Audio

The social housing minister can't say whether the "1000 children no longer growing up in motels" have moved into social housing, a private rental, or are living elsewhere.

The decision to fast-track the consent, under the Covid-19 Recovery Act 2020, was released on Friday.