City councils which try to contain the size of cities through strictly applied urban limits are undermining housing affordability at a time when an increasing number of people cannot afford to buy homes, and rents are rising steeply.

New Zealand seems to have learned the economic lessons of the recent housing bubble and a “structural shift” in savings habits is under way, says the International Monetary Fund.

Christchurch facing accommodation ‘crisis’, real estate institute says

Chief executive Roger Sutton addresses Parliament’s finance and expenditure committee on the pace of his department’s work.

More investors are entering the housing market according to the latest BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Survey. 

Residential building consents down 15.2% to a six-year low.