One in every two to three first-home buyers could be shut out of the housing market as the Reserve Bank forges ahead with controversial restrictions on home loans....

House prices throughout most of New Zealand are stalled at levels up to 30 per cent below the peaks of the property boom as the gap widens between Auckland and the rest....

The dramatic slump in the price of investment apartments is now spreading to the owner-occupied market as well, providing an affordable alternative for first-home buyers....