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Growing number of older renters waiting for housing solutions
Audio 6 Nov 2023According 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
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Mortgages eat-up half of household incomes
Audio 22 Aug 2023Fresh 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
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UK company commissioned to deliver Auckland 'state of the city' report card
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
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Housing ombudsman needed, says human rights chief
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
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Report: housing affordability has dropped over three decades
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
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Wellington co-housing project complete: what did they learn?
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
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Queenstown rental crisis squeezes town's most vulnerable
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
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Christchurch council members consider their votes on housing density rules
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
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Youth Parliament 2022: A Pasifika Perspective
Audio 4 Aug 2022Youth 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.
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Top LA architect on housing the vulnerable and curbing sprawl
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
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Property values dropping fast
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
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Housing Affordability for Artists and Creatives
Audio 21 Jul 2022Chris 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
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'Double your money' property pitches still circulating
Audio 17 Jul 2022Property 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
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Will tourists return to Rotorua's Fenton St accommodation?
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
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Worst time in 65 years for first home buyers
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
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Budget 2022 versus the youth
$30.609 billion dollars will be spent in the next two years. What does it mean for the youth of today?
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Spoof Wellington real estate billboard pictures flood internet
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
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Wellbeing in NZ: better if you're older
Audio 21 Apr 2022If 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
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Affordable build to rent developments
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
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Question Time for Thursday 17 February 2022
Audio 17 Feb 2022Questions to Ministers NICOLA WILLIS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement in relation to Government housing policy that "we have to constantly make sure we are reaching those… Audio
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New lending laws lock out many mortgage seekers
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
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Rental affordability worsening, especially in Hawke's Bay
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
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Why we need to can the phoney generation wars
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
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Chlöe Swarbrick's concerns for rental sector
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
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Wage subsidies: Real estate agents claim more than $1m during lockdown
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
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Is this Justice? Fewer new judges willing to move towns
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
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Increasing building costs another blow to first home buyers
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
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Home ownership getting more out of reach for first home buyers
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
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New Zealand -- the land of plenty (of housing issues)
Research New Zealand has taken the pulse of the nation on how Kiwis rate their current homes in terms of a series of "decent homes" factors. Managing Partner Emanuel Kalafatelis is with us to cover… Audio
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Question Time for 11 August 2021
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Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by the statement that “This…
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