Housing
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New Zealand’s house prices are finally falling. Could this happen elsewhere?
Prices have dropped by up to 30% in some parts of the country – but experts say obstacles to home ownership re…
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Life at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’
Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population c…
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Akyia houses: why Japan has nine million empty homes
New figures show nearly 14% of all houses in Japan are empty but the glut is attracting growing interest from …
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Wellington divided as Peter Jackson land purchase halts housing plan
Controversial development proposed in New Zealand capital, which faces a housing crisis, scrapped after film-m…
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Boomerang adults: the young New Zealanders moving back in with their parents
Working adults living in the family home sign of acute housing pressures with parties split on how to ease cri…
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‘This will not be swept away’: the bamboo homes helping Pakistan’s post-flood rebuild
A year on from devastating floods, a renowned architect is leading a project to build affordable and sustainab…
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Couch surfing and sleeping in vans: New Zealand’s housing crisis grips Queenstown
Tourist hub plagued by lack of homes, surging rents and traveller influx provides ‘starkest’ picture of countr…
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New Zealand, particularly vulnerable to a housing crash, tightens its belt as rates soar
New Zealand’s reserve bank delivered its largest rate hike in history on Wednesday, piling pressure on the cou…
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Hope and heartbreak for New Zealanders dreaming of a communal life
Cohousing offers a vision of connected, community-based living – but the path to realising the dream can be fa…
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New Zealand’s motel generation caught between life in limbo and life on the street
Nearly 10,000 New Zealanders are in emergency accommodation in motels, as the cost of living soars and public …
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‘A hotel is not home’: Afghan families still wait for a place of their own in UK
Families who fled Taliban rule say they are grateful for the help they have received but long for a home where…
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Afghan refugees are caught up in the UK’s housing crisis | Letters
Jakki Moxham reflects on the experience of a family who came to Britain last year, and the systemic failures o…
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New Zealand’s homeless have been moved off the streets, but the crisis endures
At the start of the pandemic, New Zealand made headlines for appearing to eliminate homelessness, but the stor…
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New Zealand banks reject home loans over spending on Christmas gifts and pets as tighter rules hit
Mortgage approvals have dropped from 30,000 a month to 23,000 as lenders apply stricter rules introduced in De…
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New Zealand has adopted a radical rezoning plan to cut house prices – could it work in Australia?
Councils won’t be able to block townhouses or apartments under a sweeping reform aimed at improving affordabil…