Tag: housing

Would-be home buyers who meet the financial thresholds will require only a small deposit and won’t have to pay Lenders’ Mortgage Insurance.

Researchers says the high rate of NZ households with small children living without proper water is particularly concerning.

Australia’s post-lockdown property buyers have different wants and needs to those who were buying pre-Covid, bank data shows.

As work-from-home arrangements make it easier for people to be further away from their workplace, many are seizing the opportunity.

Home ownership among Kiwis is at its lowest in nearly 70 years, particularly among young people, Stats NZ says.

The large numbers of first-home buyers are responding to the stable market and historically low interest rates, says real estate body.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Public housing might get some people off the streets, but it also puts many people permanently onto the backs of the taxpayer. Albeit well-intentioned, it is a poor substitute for a vibrant private housing market.

Australia's Welfare 2015 shows housing costs is having a profoundly negative impact on Australians' standard of living.

Sparking controversy; Joe Hockey's comments to first-time home owners complaining about property prices is simple, "Get a good job that pays good money."

Owning a home is a goal regardless of where you are in the World, and if the returns promised by the UK’s buoyant property market ring true, it’s no wonder Australians entering the market see this opportunity as the best they’ve had in a long time.