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Why is rent so expensive in New Zealand?
OPINION: New Zealanders are paying too much for housing for one simple reason: the housing market isn’t functioning properly. For a market to function properly, market participants must be rational and they must have perfect knowledge.
Is New Zealand housing expensive?
As New Zealand’s average house price closes in on $1m, a generation says they’re being locked out of the market – and the glacial impact of government reforms may come too late, if it arrives at all. “It’s urgent,” says Isla Stewart, 20, a housing advocate living in Auckland, New Zealand’s most expensive city.
Why is everything in NZ so expensive?
The usual explanation is that New Zealand is a small island nation in a distant corner of the world. It costs a lot to ship goods here. And our small population makes it hard for businesses to grow big enough for large-scale cost efficiencies.
What is the average cost of a house in New Zealand?
According to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, the median cost of a home is NZ$597,000. Auckland remains the most expensive place to purchase property, with a median price of NZ$850,000.
Is housing affordable in New Zealand?
New Zealand now ranks as one of the most expensive housing markets relative to income in the OECD. Auckland, home to a third of the country’s population, is the fourth least affordable city in the world, according to urban planning consultancy Demographia.
Is NZ in a property bubble?
Bessemer cited this year’s Bloomberg Economics Bubble Ranking Index: “Unsurprisingly, New Zealand ranks 1st in the bubble index.” Bloomberg indexed New Zealand’s price-to-income ratio at 166, and the price-to-rent ratio at 211.
Why is shipping to NZ so expensive?
“Due to Covid-19 there are less flights running around the world, and as a result there is much less space available. This means the cost of airfreight has increased significantly and we have had to pass on some of this additional cost by increasing the price of international postage,” the spokeswoman told the Herald.
Why are houses so unaffordable in NZ?
Capital is attracted to a non-productive (in respect to current housing stock) sector. High levels of household indebtedness constrain spending and/or other investment.