Residential zoning in Auckland could sprawl beyond the city’s edges under newly voluntary planning rules
Market Pulse
NZ cities drop down The Economist ‘cozzie livs’Â rankings
If cost of living increases are hurting Auckland and Wellington, they can take some perverse consolation that other global cities are feeling the pain worse
Property market tempo low and slow
A more detailed look at housing and mortgage rate dynamics
Six million could come quicker than we think
Official population projections underestimate migration and undersell importance of infrastructure investment, says research
Tumbledown cottage that bust reserve by half a million
Vendors willing to live dangerously have picked the bottom of the housing market, and made handsome profits
How to solve our infrastructure crisis
NZ needs to agree a long-term, forward-looking plan for infrastructure that will aid our future needs
What 2023 has in store for the New Zealand economy
Economics is a dark art at the best of times, but with so many balls in the air, few things are a given.