Massey University Housing Affordability report June 2016

Massey University Housing Affordability report June 2016

Jul 18, 2016 | Research

The NZ median house price in May last year was $460,000 and even though a year later this increased by $46,000, actual affordability improved by 6%. The region that shows a noteworthy annual and quarterly decline in affordability is Central Otago Lakes (19.6% and...

21 July professional development events

Jul 6, 2016 | Events

21 July 2-5pm – Community Housing Aotearoa event Best Practice Guide to Accreditation This participatory workshop will present the updated Best Practice Standards setting the requirements for accreditation under the Community Housing Accreditation Programme...

Another special housing area for Queenstown

Jul 6, 2016 | News

“This SHA is spread across 51 hectares of greenfield land on Ladies Mile in Queenstown. The proposed development includes a retirement village comprising independent villas, serviced apartments and staff accommodation units, plus a 72-bed rest-home care facility. “The...
Massey University Housing Affordability report June 2016

House price index show a surge in investor activity

Jul 5, 2016 | Research

The full set of QV House Price Index statistics for all New Zealand for June can be downloaded by clicking this link: QV House Price Index (HPI) for June 2016. QV National Spokesperson Andrea Rush said, “Nationwide values are now rising at the fastest rate since 2004,...

Build it… but can they come in?

Jul 5, 2016 | News

Build it… but can they come in? There are now numerous schemes underway to address the apparent ‘housing crisis’ including new infrastructure funding, social housing projects, emergency housing developments, special housing areas, reviews on...

Government to fund $1billion to boost housing build

Jul 4, 2016 | News

John Key told the National Party conference the government was already doing a great deal to try to increase housing supply.Photo:RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The Government will have to borrow the $1bn for its contestable fund, which would increase net debt until it...

​Dwell Housing Trust in the media

Jun 30, 2016 | News

Here is Alison’s opinion piece and CHA’s letter to the editor in support of her piece: Community Housing Aotearoa – Letter to the editor 23 June 2016 Dear editor Alison Cadman, in her 18 June article, is right when she says what we need is a discussion about the...