Annual building consents rise

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...

Fletchers lobbies Government for Auckland housing plan

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...

New Zealand’s houses most expensive in world

Property Council chief executive Connal Townsend says the 14% year-on-year growth in 2015 is a damning indictment of the country’s housing market when compared to other countries. “This is extremely concerning to us. We have a planning system in crisis with excessive...

Visionwest open new houses

The 30-bedroom development cost $4.3 million and included $2 million in funding from the Government’s social housing unit fund. Last week the Government announced that it would partner with five community organisations to increase the number of social housing...