Ranked: New Zealand's biggest home builders

Ranked: New Zealand's biggest home builders
Franchise builders GJ Gardner and Signature Homes still lead the pack. (Image: GJ Gardner))
Brent Melville
Build cost inflation, materials and labour shortages have taken a bite out of the construction sector, yet New Zealand's top home builders still boast chocka workloads and a forward build pipeline that’s out to almost a year.Data from construction research firm Pacifecon showed that of NZ's top 15 residential builders, each had 1,000 home builds on their books at March 31. That was led by corporate builder Fletcher Living, which reported 3,591 dwellings valued at $1.7 billion – an average project value of $7.8 million a...

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