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Building News

Kelvin Davidson
Why jobs gloom could be good news for interest rates, house prices
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Kelvin Davidson
Home building costs jump 10% from a year ago
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Nikki Preston
Planning a renovation this year? It’ll be easier but not cheaper, say experts
More tradies will be available but GIB plasterboard prices will rise.

Catherine Masters
'A stain on our country': Kiwibank economist lays into NZ's 'biggest embarrassment'
Housing market expert on what NZ we could learn from Australia.

Diana Clement
Home renovations: What will add value to your home in 2023, and what won't
Not every project will make you money when you sell.

APL windows and doors
This renovation has created a home that forms a true haven, but one with a broad horizon
Originally published in Homestyle magazine.

Nikki Preston
Poley moley! Could this be Tauranga’s most affordable property?
Sloping section has a price indication north of $180,000.

Nikki Preston
Insurance warning: Risk that homeowners could be hit with huge bill if disaster strikes
Call for Kiwis to check their insurance policies.

Kelvin Davidson
Chances of a massive interest rate hike have just increased
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Sandra Goodwin
Parnell home comes with consent for five apartments
There’s room to grow in this 1000sqm, double grammar zone property

Ashley Church
Ashley Church: Should NZ take a biblical approach to house building?
Some commentators suggest we’re too short-sighted to get housing right.

Ashley Church
Ashley Church: Is New Zealand building too many houses?
Governments have scrambled to increase housing supply but why?

Catherine Smith
Young family snaps up do-up in NZ's most expensive suburb - for $3.23m
First time Herne Bay home was on the market in 70 years.

Ashley Church
Ashley Church: Is Kāinga Ora on track to be an even bigger failure than KiwiBuild?
Trouble on the horizon for the Government’s housing agency.

Kelvin Davidson
First home buyers’ quiet comeback as job market keeps messy price crash at bay
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Diana Clement
Bank economists: Don’t expect the mortgage rate ‘Blitzkrieg’ to end any time soon
Stark warnings on house prices, mortgage repayments and building activity.

Diana Clement
Who’s going to buy them? Section sales are waning in NZ’s new home capital
Rising build costs, finance hurdles and population changes put prices in Selwyn under pressure.

Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: One in five chance that NZ will fall into recession
But there are powerful reasons to be optimistic amid the economic gloom.