Property syndication firm Augusta Funds Management has shifted its focus back across the Tasman, buying a large industrial complex in Brisbane.

Things are looking up for cashflow-focused Auckland property investors for the first time in three years.

The call of the sea is seeing Beachlands pull the hottest house prices in Auckland.

Just think of the cleaning.

A target of 7000 new homes in Wellington over five years is almost impossible to meet, the city council's own buildings portfolio leader says.

The amount of consents issued for residential housing in Wellington city has doubled in the past financial year, as the city council finally meets targets set up in 2014.

It's the house a Maori war veteran died in, but vandals have wiped most memories of him from the place.

Property sales on Waiheke Island fell to the lowest level for years last month.

Four new visitor units and a barn are planned on rural land that is visible from the ferry at Matiatia on Waiheke Island.

Moving into a new housing development may soon be less appealing for homeowners.