It was long thought a politician backing lower housing prices would be political Kryptonite, but NZ's housing minister is breaking the mould ...

Latest Reserve Bank figures show in the first nine months of this year the pile of outstanding mortgage stock has grown at nearly double the rate it was growing two years ago ...

Bums on seats. It’s a simple economic model. Lift population growth to drive demand.That is not easy when fertility rates are ...

Auckland’s housing market continued to decline over the past quarter, with average values across the Super City down 2.2% to $1,192,927. Values are now 2.9% lower than a year ago and 21.4% below their ...

“On the one hand, the potential for upzoning to exacerbate inequalities within cities raises real concerns. On the other, widespread reforms may also enable housing options in neighbourhoods that were ...

First-time buyers accounted for a record 27.7 percent of property purchases nationwide in the September quarter.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has slashed the official cash rate by 300 bps to 2.5%. Given New Zealand’s weak economy, ...

The Government says it’s formally confirmed its “Streamlined Planning Process” that will be used for Auckland Council’s new housing plan, known as Plan Change 120 (PC120), RMA Reform Minister Chris ...

The city is opening the door to six-storey terraced housing and apartment-style living - upsetting some locals.

A good report from the NZ Initiative that looks at whether ownership of state houses is the best way to help low income NZ families with housing. Some key extracts: Kāinga Ora manages over 77,000 ...