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Here come the housing market headwinds
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Here come the housing market headwinds

House price inflation ebbed in December to 23.3% and the number of properties sold for the month dropped 29.4%.

Staff reporters 18 Jan 2022
Coffees, takeaways help slash $1.9b off new home loans
Property

Coffees, takeaways help slash $1.9b off new home loans

Mortgage advisers say tighter lending rules are cutting aspiring property buyers out of the home ownership picture, often penalising borrowers for their poor spending habits.

Brent Melville 14 Jan 2022
Housing consents rocket to another record – will build times blow out?
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Housing consents rocket to another record – will build times blow out?

New build consents hit 48k annually, the highest level ever.

Brent Melville 13 Jan 2022
War of the palms: developer vows to block 'disco' billboard
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War of the palms: developer vows to block 'disco' billboard

It's spare trees versus bureaucratic enablers of neon in a Christchurch feud over an electronic sign.

Oliver Lewis 13 Jan 2022