COMMENT: How does buying now compare to 1989? The data may surprise.

Auckland first home buyers are being encouraged to learn some lessons from post-quake Christchurch.

Mike Taylor finds untapped gold in small and medium companies, as Bill Bennett reports.

One of the country's largest broking firm has been handed a formal warning after it breached anti-money laundering laws.

House hunters who say they can't afford to buy a home in Auckland need to give up Sky TV or expensive cars and just save harder, says a mortgage broker.

David Baty, the director of Prestige Events, still hasn't handed over ute prize to contest winners.

With the beginning of the school year just weeks away the cost and quality of school uniforms will be a hot topic with parents.

COMMENT: I am a huge Trade Me fan, but some advice: don't provide negative feedback and don't tangle with customer support, writes Rodney Hide.

Swipe-happy Christmas shoppers are being warned to stay vigilant against contact-less card thieves.

To what extent would you attribute the rise of house prices in Auckland over the past 10 years to the greed of vendors and real estate salespeople?

When people are looking for a significant other, they often try to find someone whose values, education, earnings, hobbies and even height match their own.

Paul Novak left home at 17 but returned to the family fold four years later to save money while studying and provide company for his immigrant parents.

A Whangarei couple have spent three months sleeping on a mattress on the floor as they battle to settle an insurance claim.

You can make a standard KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal without the additional top-up from the HomeStart grant. Helen Twose talks about the rules.

This week is Money Week - seven days of events organised by the Commission for Financial Capability to help Kiwis look at their financial situation and get their money matters in order. The commission and the Financial Markets Authority have teamed up to produce a series of videos asking people about their plans for retirement. In the first of five videos people are asked about their expectations for retirement and whether they will be ready to do what they want when they want. Today we look at Returns.

Tamsyn Parker talks to David Boyle from the Commission for Financial Capability about why Money Week matters and what's coming up.

This week is Money Week - seven days of events organised by the Commission for Financial Capability to help Kiwis look at their financial situation and get their money matters in order. The commission and the Financial Markets Authority have teamed up to produce a series of videos asking people about their plans for retirement. In the first of five videos people are asked about their expectations for retirement and whether they will be ready to do what they want when they want. Today we look at Planning.

Today marks the start of Money Week - a week of events organised by the Commission for Financial Capability to help Kiwis look at their financial situation and get their money matters in order. The commission and the Financial Markets Authority have teamed up to produce a series of videos asking people about their plans for retirement. In the first of five videos people are asked about their expectations for retirement and whether they will be ready to do what they want when they want.

More than three-quarters of people struggling to get on the property ladder say they won't be able to buy a house in the next few years.

"My wife and I have $100,000 in savings, but can't afford to buy our first house. We are sick of spending $400 a week in rent. What are our options?"

Milford Asset Management portfolio manager Mark Warminger could face a penalty of up to $1 million a trade if any of them breached market manipulation rules.

Getting your first home got a bit easier with some changes to KiwiSaver. It's now possible to buy an unbuilt home, opening up the possibility of buying off the plans.

Investors must be sure they won't be forced to sell at some point, because that's when hefty losses can hit.

Think twice before you leave your wallet in your car - criminals are fleecing victims using contactless bank cards.

An investor in the David Ross ponzi scheme - who has been named for the first time - has been ordered to pay back $454,000 of fictitious profits in a clawback test case.

If we signed up to KiwiSaver doesn't this make us consumers? What are our consumer rights in regard to the Government's bait and switch? I think the Government needs its feet held to the fire.

The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the case of an investor in the Ross Asset Ponzi scheme, who wants to keep his name a secret.

An investor who got nearly $1m from David Ross' Ponzi scheme is fighting to keep name secrecy.