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Housing Affordability News
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: 119,000 reasons for an early rate cut ... but there's a downside too
Expect housing affordability to worsen as migration soars.
Nikki Preston
Mortgage stress: 10 years added to loan terms overnight
Why being mortgage-free is getting further out of reach.
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Why young first-home buyers are suddenly under pressure
There is some added urgency coming into play in the market.
Kelvin Davidson
Affordable housing: This is as good as it gets for first home buyers
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Diana Clement
First-home buyers are getting older despite falling house prices
Uptick in the average age of new entrants, research shows.
Diana Clement
The $25.2 billion mortgage debt hanging over Kiwis aged 65-plus
15% spike in the number of retirement-age homeowners still saddled with debt.
Diana Clement
Savings wipe-out: Were Kiwis better off buying during the boom?
Rates jump has wiped out savings.
Nikki Preston
Revealed: The 59 suburbs that defied the house price slump
South Island towns have weathered the downturn well.
Diana Clement
Why bank economist is picking a big jump in house prices in 2025
“It’s pretty rare to have a surge in migration without it having much impact on house prices.”
Catherine Masters
Are first home buyers driving down the price of NZ’s cheapest homes?
Research shows the value of entry-level homes has fallen sharply.
Catherine Masters
Bargain cities: Where first-home buyer prices have dropped the most
First-home buyers paying on average $100,000 less than a year ago.
Nikki Preston
‘Bargains’ turn up in the NZ suburbs where prices dropped by almost a quarter
Agents says people will look back and wonder why they didn’t buy now.
Diana Clement
NZ’s bargain homes: Where you can find a three-bed house for less than $400,000
Not every affordable property needs to be a do-up or a studio apartment.
Kelvin Davidson
Where women own fewer homes than men
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Diana Clement
Auckland for under $1m: Number of affordable suburbs more than doubles
Slump has put more neighbourhoods within reach of first-home buyers.
Nikki Preston
‘Auckland probably doesn’t even know it is bleeding people’
Agents in Hamilton and Cambridge report uptick in Aucklanders looking to try before they buy.
Kelvin Davidson
Mortgage rates: Should borrowers be worried about the cost of Cyclone Gabrielle?
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Diana Clement
Life at the bottom of NZ’s richest town: Buyers in tears, families at breaking point
Economist takes aim at housing affordability in Queenstown-Lakes.