カテゴリー: Housing
Prices have dropped by up to 30% in some parts of the country – but experts say obstacles to home ownership remainThree years ago, New Zealanders would have it found it almost impossible to imagine the country’s sky-high house prices falling.The market…
New figures show nearly 14% of all houses in Japan are empty but the glut is attracting growing interest from foreigners As the declining population continues to impact Japan’s society and economy, the number of vacant houses has topped nine million – …
Controversial development proposed in New Zealand capital, which faces a housing crisis, scrapped after film-maker purchased block of landAs news spread on Wellington’s leafy Miramar peninsula that the film-maker Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Wals…
Working adults living in the family home sign of acute housing pressures with parties split on how to ease crisis ahead of electionFreya Adams managed as a solo mum of twin six-year-old girls for almost three years after separating from her partner.The…
A year on from devastating floods, a renowned architect is leading a project to build affordable and sustainable homes while empowering communities in the processA year ago, Shani Dana’s mudbrick house was swept away in the worst floods on record to hi…
Tourist hub plagued by lack of homes, surging rents and traveller influx provides ‘starkest’ picture of country’s property crunchWhen Merlin Traçable finishes work at a ski rental shop in Queenstown, New Zealand, he looks for a place to park his van.Tr…
New Zealand’s reserve bank delivered its largest rate hike in history on Wednesday, piling pressure on the country’s homeownersRosie Smyth and Richard Larsen, along with their toddler daughter, had spent years looking for an affordable home in Lyttelto…
Cohousing offers a vision of connected, community-based living – but the path to realising the dream can be far from smooth “Welcome to the site of hope and heartbreak.”With these words Bronwen Newton greets visitors to a quarter-acre gravel carpark be…
Nearly 10,000 New Zealanders are in emergency accommodation in motels, as the cost of living soars and public housing wait lists blow outKristina Reid is trying to make the best of a bad situation. The walls of the motel room she has called home for th…
Families who fled Taliban rule say they are grateful for the help they have received but long for a home where they can settleThe west London hotel where Fawzia Amini, a senior Afghan judge, her husband and their four daughters have lived for the last …
Jakki Moxham reflects on the experience of a family who came to Britain last year, and the systemic failures of Operation Warm WelcomeI read your feature with great interest (Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo, 26 Ma…
At the start of the pandemic, New Zealand made headlines for appearing to eliminate homelessness, but the story is more complicatedFranki began living on Auckland’s streets at age 15, shortly after his father died in 2018. He hunted for secret spots to…
Mortgage approvals have dropped from 30,000 a month to 23,000 as lenders apply stricter rules introduced in DecemberBanks in New Zealand are rejecting home-loans over minor frivolous spending, including a $187 Kmart Christmas shop and a daily drink bou…