This week a report found New Zealand is one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy a house, with the average price more than six times the median household income. More than six months into KiwiBuild, only 33 homes have been built - well short of the...
"The government could lower unit construction costs in many ways, as it is well aware," former Business Roundtable economist Bryce Wilkinson says in a new research note today. It could ease up on red tape, improve the supply of urban land by removing regulatory...
The Labour-led government risks electoral defeat in 2020 unless it makes demonstrable progress on affordable housing this year, says the outspoken author of an annual survey of global housing affordability. Hugh Pavletich, the Christchurch-based co-author of the...
The 15th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Study compared house prices to incomes in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States and found Tauranga had again out-stripped Auckland...
A new study reveals none of the country's main property markets are considered affordable anymore. The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability report released today shows New Zealand continues to be one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to...
QLCHT celebrated 10 years in operation in 2017, and the start of 2018 marks a new era for the Trust as it focuses on tackling the burgeoning waiting list of 500 families needing housing assistance in the Queenstown Lakes District. QLCHT Trustees “With our new Secure...
This briefing paper was prepared ahead of the meeting with the Minister on 30 January. Community Housing Aotearoa have stated that we are ready to work alongside Government to realise a shared vision for public investment in housing across the full housing...
As one of Auckland’s largesthousing developers and builders, Fletcher Living understands this issue all too well. We know a lot of Aucklanders want to own their own homes, and we can see the impact that supply issues are having on affordability and the...
Photo RNZ QV costbuilder figuresshow the average cost of building a standard 140m², three bedroom, one bathroom home increased by the most in Wellington and Hamilton over the past year, up 2.1% to an average cost of $261,265 in both regions. In comparison, Palmerston...
The KiwiBuild Unit will be responsible for: · Building KiwiBuild homes as part of redevelopment of state housing land, alongside new state and open market homes. · Scaling up the building of KiwiBuild homes on underutilised Crown-owned land. · Purchasing (or...