Housing

Buying a house is about twice as expensive as renting around New Zealand, but some places are the exception. Audio

Steel bars have fallen off the building and rats are flocking to the area as locals wait for a project halted five years ago to be finished or knocked down. Audio

National house values continue to fall, with plenty of stock available helping to keep prices down.

Here's why a rent payment isn't always enough to prove you can service a mortgage

Summer is just around the corner, and residents in new-build town houses are set to feel the heat harder than others. Audio

Big losses have been recorded this year, and it's usually all down to the vendor's circumstances, commentators say.

The dining room floor in the East Auckland home was so rotten it collapsed.

A camper living at the course has threatened visitors with a weapon, locals say, but the men camping there say it's them being harassed.

The ASB Bank's Housing Confidence Survey for the three months to July shows people are not expecting an uptick in prices any time soon.

In one of dozens of cases being taken to the Tenancy Tribunal, a Wellington woman owed $34,440 in rent arrears.

Ronald McDonald House Charities may be forced to charge families of sick children who stay in their accommodation, due to a triple threat of rising costs, surging demand and a significant decline in…

Some are spending up to 95 percent of their superannuation on rent. Audio

The rundown NZDF housing estate needs billions spent on it, but the main project has not secured any government funding despite plans dating back to 2017.