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.

Putaruru is set to get 1300 new sections in a major re-zoning exercise that vastly increases the size of the town.

Waiheke Community Housing Trust has launched to help tackle a housing crisis on the island.

Auckland led house prices up in the current boom - but experts are divided on whether it will lead them down again.

Wellington's inability to build houses quickly enough to keep pace with its population growth has left it 3590 dwellings short of what it needs.

The Government announced on Tuesday that a $1b Housing Infrastructure Fund would be allocated across nine projects in five different council areas: Auckland, Hamilton, Waikato, Tauranga and Queenstown.

Some buyers looking for houses now face a lot less competition than they had at the same time last year, as house price rises grind to a halt in many parts of the country.

A quiet cul-de-sac in the West Auckland suburb of New Lynn is about to get more than 80 new houses.

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