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According to a report by the Retirement Commission, in 25 years 40% of over 65-year-olds will be paying rent. Against this backdrop, the retirement sector is increasingly getting out of providing… Audio

Fresh figures from CoreLogic show housing affordability improved over the June quarter, but not by much, with mortgages still eating up almost half of household incomes.

Over the period, mortgage… Audio

Sometimes it takes an outsider looking in, to give a full and fair critique - and a recently commissioned report by a UK firm on the state of Auckland, has given the city plenty to work on. The… Audio

Chief human rights commissioner, Paul Hunt, says extra help is urgently needed to fix the country's deeply flawed housing system.

The Commission released a Housing Inquiry report today in conjunction… Audio

The Human Rights Commission has just this morning released the final report from its two-year housing inquiry. It shows housing affordability has significantly dropped over the last three decades, and… Audio

Five years ago, a group of six Wellington friends starting talking about the idea of living together in a purpose built co-housing complex. The idea gathered steam, a site was purchased, plans drawn… Audio

Queenstown's rental crisis continues to squeeze the town's most vulnerable residents.

Prices are skyrocketing with single-bedroom units going for $500 or more per week, and landlords feel so… Video, Audio

Tensions are running high in Christchurch as the city council prepares to vote on controversial new national housing density rules.

Locals say the government is trying to force a… Audio

Youth Press Gallery reporters Louis Collins and Andre Fa’aoso talked to four Pasifika Youth MPs to hear what viewpoints they sought to bring to Youth Parliament 2022.

Award-winning LA architect Michael Maltzan talks with Susie Ferguson about the challenges his work tackles including homelessness, city sprawl, housing affordability and building faster and better… Audio

New house price data out today shows property values are falling at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis 14 years ago.

CoreLogic figures show house prices fell 2.5 percent in the past… Audio

Chris Casey, Chair of the Point Chevalier Social Enterprise Trust joins us to talk about their a national research survey on Housing for artists & creatives. Audio

Property prices are sliding after decades of big returns for investors - and property stories and ads have been highly profitable for the media in that time too. Recent warnings the ‘one way bet' on… Audio

After years of the housing crisis in New Zealand, emergency housing is becoming entrenched on Rotorua's main road - Fenton Street.

Around 40 motels in the tourism hotspot are now being used as… Video, Audio

A new report out this morning says that this year is the worst time in 65 years for first-home buyers trying to get into the housing market. The Infometrics study says it's often debated who faced… Audio

$30.609 billion dollars will be spent in the next two years. What does it mean for the youth of today?

The head of a leading Wellington real estate firm has laughed off an online spoof campaign targeting his company's billboards.

Three Wellington programmers created a website designed to look like… Audio

If you're over 65, New Zealand is a good place to be but it's a different story if you're under 25, according to new research. On average, younger Kiwis are more lonely and less wealthy than their… Audio

House prices soared in 2021, rental housing stocks are low in some areas and affordability is beyond the reach of many first home buyers and low income earners. Bipartisan legislation was passed in… Audio

The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) regulations, came into force this month with the intention of protecting borrowers, but they are being described as a nightmare locking many… Audio

Renting a home is getting more expensive, particularly in Hawke's Bay where rent prices have increased 20.4 percent in a year.

Massey University's latest Rental Report shows a 9.4 percent rent… Audio

We've heard it all before. 'Boomers' - arguably the most disliked generation - only think about themselves, while millennials (aka 'snowflakes') wouldn't know a hard day's work if it slapped them… Audio

1.5 million New Zealander's are renting and pay a higher percentage of their income on housing than property owners do. Green party MP Chlöe Swarbrick is worried about much more than privacy for… Audio

A pause on the housing market during the latest lockdowns is unlikely to be enough to increase affordability.

Latest figures show in the year to August, all major centres saw house prices rise, with… Audio

Are the tentacles of the housing crisis now creeping their way into the justice sector?

Fewer new judges are willing to move towns after being appointed to the bench - a convention set up to reduce… Audio

The government's first home buyer grant for new houses is being squeezed by the rising cost of building materials. The cost of bricks, timber and steel is steadily rising, with price increases of up… Audio

Home ownership is disappearing from reach for even more New Zealanders following the release of the latest housing affordability figures.

CoreLogic's biannual report shows the average property value… Audio