My husband and I are trying to get on to the property ladder for a second time.

People wanting to transfer their Australian superannuation savings back to New Zealand should expect the process to take around six weeks.

The housing crisis in areas like Auckland is not a by-product of migrants buying up residential properties, Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says.

Kiwi investors need to take responsibility for their financial decisions and stop blaming the market regulator every time something goes wrong, says the head of the Financial Markets Authority.

I've always found the language of Trade Me a little disingenuous. For instance, instead of 'buying stuff' you 'win auctions', writes David Chaplin.

Ex-rich-lister Jamie Peters entered into a finance agreement on a luxury car at a time when he was unable to pay debts when they fell due, the High Court heard today.

Almost $650,000 from the sale of a boat that Jamie Peters had personally used ended up in a bank account which the ex-rich-lister accessed during his bankruptcy.

House-hunters are seeing a return of "buy-off-the-plans" developments which advertise low deposits and no repayments until completion.

Former rich-lister Jamie Peters has told the High Court he "barely survived" using $80,000 from a friend's bank account.

Two groups of investors in the Trinity forestry scheme, found to be a tax avoidance arrangement in 2004, are making fresh attempts to get the 9-year-old decision set aside.

A Metropolis penthouse owner paying $28,000 a year in body corporate fees has put his place on the market for $3.5 million.

My husband and I both have money in Australian Superannuation Schemes from a few years ago.

No matter which you favour, there's no way of knowing where the prices of real estate or stocks will go

The latest figures show that KiwiSaver is a massive success, probably the most popular scheme ever introduced by a NZ government.

The first two weeks of May have seen some significant developments in retail investor-land.

As the NZ Herald reported on Monday academia and finance industry leaders gathered in Auckland this week to consider, among other big picture subjects, the "role of advice for KiwiSaver members".

A subsidiary of Allied Farmers has been served with a liquidation notice from Inland Revenue for $4.2 million.

Residents in Auckland five-star tower Metropolis are paying $3.25 million in annual body corporate fees but a further $4 million is needed from them for a big repair job.

I have a question, that you may or may not be able to answer, as no one else I have spoken with so far has been able to help.