Housing market forecast to slow, but by how much?

Housing market forecast to slow, but by how much?
The impact of tax changes on landlords remains uncertain.
Andy Fyers
Forecasts of the New Zealand property market have had a less than stellar track record recently.This time last year most forecasters had pencilled in house price decreases for the second half of 2020.Instead, an economy that was more resilient than almost anyone expected, combined with the removal of loan-to-value ratios (LVRs) and a flood of cheap money, led to an unprecedented period of house price inflation.Against that backdrop we asked some economists to gaze into their crystal balls (or mathematical models) and tell us what might happen t...

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