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Building Consents

Residential consents fade

11 Jan 19, 11:29am

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

New dwelling consents slipped in most parts of the country in June but rose strongly in Wellington
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New dwelling consents at 15 year high in Auckland

29 Jun 18, 11:25am

Surge in new dwelling consents in Auckland could be the beginning of the end for the region's housing shortage
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New houses are getting smaller in Auckland, bringing building costs down

5 Jun 18, 2:21pm

There's been a drop in the average size of new houses and townhouses being built in Auckland, which may help bring prices 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

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11 Sep 17, 4:20pm

New Government a test for the housing market

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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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8 Aug 17, 7:33am

Later Auckland building peak could be better - PM

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7 Aug 17, 2:55pm

In search of an Auckland house building boom

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