The annual rate of new home construction doubled from 13,500 in 2012 to 27,000 in 2015. The annual rate of new house construction in Auckland of 9251 in 2015 is up 21 per cent on 2014, and has been growing at over 20 per cent every year since the Housing Accord was...

Steve Evans, Fletcher Building housing chief operating officer said he met the ministers last year to advocate a new shared ownership model. The feedback he got was that there was interest in the scheme. He would not name precisely who talks had been held with, just...