Manufactured exports have been faring much better than domestic sales.

An Auckland developer says Chinese are using property as a ticket into this country because owning real estate increases immigration visa points.

Property sector could face bills dwarfing the leaky building issue.

Fulton Hogan has suffered an 89 per cent drop in annual profit which its departing chairman described as "disappointing and totally unacceptable".

Auckland currently has capacity for thousands of dwellings on existing greenfield land, writes Len Brown. "So the issue is clearly more than just land supply."

Are eco-buildings commercially sensible, or just a lot of hot air? asks Chris Barton.

Maurice Williamson says he has seen no evidence homes assistance scheme is overly bureaucratic.

Todd Property Group has conditionally sold the first 14 sections at its 160ha Long Bay housing estate, the country's largest new greenfields residential project.

Building consents rose 7.8 per cent in September, its fourth straight gain and biggest growth since March

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On the face of it there were some positive responses to the 25 recommendations of the Hunn Report on the leaky-building crisis, writes David Kernohan,

Total demolition of huge leaky Auckland townhouse blocks is being proposed by desperate homeowners whose properties are so rotten they are beyond repair.

Takapuna beach is one of the jewels of Auckland, so the Council should make the most of a developer's desire to spend $250 million.