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No ‘scalable’ rental options, as build-to-rent flatlines

Build-to-rent investment has fallen 90% over the past four years, with cost of debt shuttering institutional investment plans.

Simplicity Living's Te Reiputa scheduled for completion this month.

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The New Zealand housing market is lacking long-term rental options at scale, with build-to-rent and progressive ownership still undersupplied, a new report says.

The NZ Housing Survey, released by strategy consultancy Urban Advisory, points to the rental sector as being a “massive, underserved

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Brent Melville Tue, 14 Apr 2026
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