Building Consents

New dwelling consents at 44-year high
1 Mar 19, 11:43am
Greg Ninness
35 comments
Growth in new dwelling consents was particularly strong in Auckland in January
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Annual building consents rise 6.1%
4 Feb 19, 11:22am
Greg Ninness
47 comments
Statistics New Zealand figures show nationwide building consents have more than doubled in the last seven years, though the total for 2018 of 32,996 was below the peak seen in the mid-1970s
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Residential consents fade
11 Jan 19, 11:29am
David Chaston
69 comments
The level of dwelling building consents issued in November was disappointingly tame, and fell noticeably in Auckland. Consents for other types of buildings rise strongly however
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Why section prices are high in most major urban areas, and solutions
2 Dec 18, 12:42pm
Rodney Dickens
48 comments
Rodney Dickens finds the council-controlled subdivision process, the RMA and increasing infrastructure costs directly contribute to high section prices, and these processes give cover for gouging by developers
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New residential building up by 6.7% in year to October
30 Nov 18, 11:30am
Greg Ninness
24 comments
The number of stand alone houses and retirement village units being consented is declining while multi-unit housing is growing strongly, Statistics NZ says
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Auckland's housing shortage has grown by 34,000 in the last five years
25 Nov 18, 6:02am
Greg Ninness
102 comments
New figures show Auckland's housing shortage is still getting worse but should start to decline in the next one to two years
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Average value of home alterations declining in Auckland
18 Nov 18, 6:02am
Greg Ninness
56 comments
Average value of dwelling alterations consented in Auckland down 16.6% compared to last year's peak
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The government should do the obvious to fix housing affordability
17 Nov 18, 2:43pm
Rodney Dickens
65 comments
Rodney Dickens says the real problem inhibiting affordable housing is the cost of sections, and that is the one key thing the Government can do to solve the affordability problem
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Government announces Resource Management Act reforms
8 Nov 18, 4:49pm
Greg Ninness
56 comments
The first steps in the Government's plans to reform the RMA will be to reverse some of the reforms introduced by National last year
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New dwelling consents down 7.6% in September compared to a year ago
31 Oct 18, 11:49am
Greg Ninness
5 comments
New dwelling consents took a breather in September, mainly due to a drop in the number of stand alone houses and apartments being consented, while townhouse and home unit consents were up
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Auckland's new housing supply now almost keeping up with population growth
23 Oct 18, 12:44pm
Greg Ninness
45 comments
Falls in migration & rising building consents mean Auckland's housing shortage could be on the verge of receding, but there's still a big backlog of pent up demand to overcome
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Number of new homes consented in Auckland hits record high
28 Sep 18, 11:25am
Greg Ninness
73 comments
Auckland's house building boom continues to ramp up reaching a record high in year to August
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Auckland Council's Building Consents Department blasted
18 Sep 18, 2:25pm
Greg Ninness
38 comments
Independent report into Auckland Council's Building Consents Department finds major shortcomings resulting in poor customer service
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Do-ups to the fore as housing alterations hit record high
16 Sep 18, 6:31am
Greg Ninness
23 comments
A record $1.84 billion of housing alterations was consented in June year as big numbers of homeowners do up their houses
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New dwelling consents gathering real momentum in Auckland
30 Aug 18, 11:20am
Greg Ninness
31 comments
New dwelling consents were at elevated levels in Auckland last month, but down in most other main centres
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How much has the Unitary Plan driven new Auckland dwelling consents?
28 Aug 18, 7:16am
Rodney Dickens
19 comments
Rodney Dickens criticises Auckland Council's economists, claiming their desire for higher density housing near rapid transport routes taints their analysis
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A housing stocktake by Auckland Council's chief economist
23 Aug 18, 9:53am
Jenée Tibshraeny
127 comments
What if we magically increased the number of houses in Auckland by 20% and dropped population growth by 25%? We'd still have a housing shortage, concludes Auckland Council's chief economist 
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Average building costs declining for Auckland apartments
10 Aug 18, 11:45am
Greg Ninness
22 comments
Falling construction costs rather than a reduction in size is the likely reason for a drop in the average value of new apartments consented in Auckland
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Building consents a good indicator of future housing supply
7 Aug 18, 2:56pm
Greg Ninness
12 comments
Auckland Council figures suggest around 98% of new dwellings consented in the region actually get built
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New dwelling consents eased in June but remain higher year-on-year
31 Jul 18, 11:33am
Greg Ninness
23 comments
New dwelling consents slipped in most parts of the country in June but rose strongly in Wellington
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29 Jun 18, 11:25am
New dwelling consents at 15 year high in Auckland
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5 Jun 18, 2:21pm
New houses are getting smaller in Auckland, bringing building costs down
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30 May 18, 11:21am
Building consents rise in Auckland, fall in most other regions
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7 May 18, 3:24pm
'Immigration to drop sharply, but uncertainties remain'
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1 May 18, 11:09am
High density housing spurs growth
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24 Apr 18, 4:24pm
Why the Government is holding back on migration
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29 Mar 18, 11:17am
Growth in new home construction is stalling
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11 Mar 18, 5:02am
Labour's housing policies may fall short like National's policies did
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2 Mar 18, 11:21am
New dwelling consents in Auckland up 40% compared to a year ago
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2 Feb 18, 11:34am
New residential building consents down 1.6% compared to a year ago
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16 Jan 18, 1:51pm
A small but growing trend
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30 Nov 17, 11:28am
Big drop in new dwelling consents in October
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29 Nov 17, 3:28pm
What it takes for a shoddy builder to be banned...
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31 Oct 17, 11:36am
Housing crisis worsens after fall in new dwelling consents in September
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24 Oct 17, 12:12pm
Auckland's population grew by nearly 43k in June year, housing shortfall grows to 25k
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29 Sep 17, 11:24am
New dwelling consents up strongly in August
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25 Sep 17, 3:47pm
All I want for Christmas is a Housing Minister
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19 Sep 17, 12:01pm
Coping with the weight on its shoulders
83
11 Sep 17, 4:20pm
New Government a test for the housing market
110
4 Sep 17, 4:28pm
Incoming Government faces fresh Auckland housing headache
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4 Sep 17, 12:35pm
National pledges new urban planning laws
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4 Sep 17, 10:49am
'Tightness in Auckland market to get worse before it gets better'
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30 Aug 17, 3:06pm
Auckland weakness to stay even as shortage widens
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30 Aug 17, 11:10am
Building not booming like it needs to
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24 Aug 17, 8:19am
Looking for clues over housing blues
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