Rodney Dickens

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Rodney is the MD of Strategic Risk Analysis, which prepares and sells reports on housing, construction, monetary policy and exchange rates.
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Opinion: Why house building will

Opinion: Why house building will defy the gloomsters and grow this year

10th Apr 09, 12:21pm

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Why house building will defy the gloomsters and grow this year

Whitianga's housing indigestion

Opinion: Why Whitianga has housing indigestion

6th Apr 09, 4:42pm

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Why Whitianga has housing indigestion

Opinion: Seasonal adjustment gives further

Opinion: Seasonal adjustment gives further reason to believe that housing upturn has started

23rd Mar 09, 9:29am

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Seasonal adjustment gives further reason to believe that housing upturn has started

Opinion: Coastal property under water,

Opinion: Coastal property under water, flooded by over-supply

24th Nov 08, 10:18am

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Coastal property under water, flooded by over-supply

Opinion: Huge over-supply in lifestyle

Opinion: Huge over-supply in lifestyle property market

14th Oct 08, 12:33pm

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Huge over-supply in lifestyle property market

Opinion: Why cutting rates in

Opinion: Why cutting rates in a crisis is madness

22nd Sep 08, 11:03am

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Why cutting rates in a crisis is madness

Opinion: Is portfolio diversification the

Opinion: Is portfolio diversification the biggest marketing scam going?

17th Sep 08, 5:44pm

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Is portfolio diversification the biggest marketing scam going?

A bubble on sand

Opinion: Why Mangawhai property is a speculative bubble on a sand dune

1st Sep 08, 4:29pm

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: Why Mangawhai property is a speculative bubble on a sand dune

Opinion: The case for more

Opinion: The case for more interest rate stability

11th Aug 08, 10:16am

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: The case for more interest rate stability

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