New Zealand is experiencing its biggest gain in net migration for four years, which will put more pressure on already rapidly rising house prices in regions such as Auckland and Christchurch....

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....

Auckland will need to build 5000 state and private rental houses every year for the next 15 years to accommodate population growth, two housing reports say....

The Government’s package of income tax cuts helped improve home loan affordability last month by the most in nearly two years, a report shows....

Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard warned of the need to avoid a return to a “debt-fuelled housing cycle”, as the bank published its six-monthly Financial Stability Report today....