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Govt 'should assist' family first-home buyers 22 Aug 2013 | 02:38 am
Family First NZ says that the Government should do more to assist young families in to their first home.
Concerns about new loan-to-value mortgage rules 21 Aug 2013 | 05:09 am
Age Concern fears more adult children will now coerce their parents to lend money for house deposits following new mortgage-lending rules announced by the Reserve Bank.
Limits for high-LVR mortgage lending announced 20 Aug 2013 | 07:01 am
Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler today announced that from 1 October banks will be subject to restrictions on high loan-to-value ratio (LVR) housing mortgage loans.
New restrictions 'will help achieve affordable housing' 15 Aug 2013 | 08:40 am
Restrictions on development contributions will help achieve more affordable housing and commercial development, says BusinessNZ. A Local Government Reform Bill to be introduced to Parliament this yea...
Industry supports curbing 'unfair' development charges 15 Aug 2013 | 08:39 am
Today’s Government announcement to overhaul the development contributions regime sets new possibilities for development in New Zealand, including progressing affordable housing, according to Property ...
23% increase in farm sales 14 Aug 2013 | 09:37 am
Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of NZ ("REINZ") shows there were 82 more farm sales (+23.0%) for the three months ended July 2013 than for the three months ended July 2012.
National's big plan to reverse its own cuts - Shearer 12 Aug 2013 | 07:06 am
National's new found enthusiasm for the Welcome Home Loan scheme would be more convincing if it hadn't previously slashed the scheme’s funding by two-thirds, and halved the number of Kiwis who could u...
KiwiSaver not the way to go for home ownership - Dunne 12 Aug 2013 | 03:17 am
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne does not support the National Party’s proposal to extend the home ownership provisions of Kiwisaver, saying that it weakens the focus of the retirement saving scheme.
Support package welcome, but low supply remains - Harcourts 12 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
New Zealand’s largest real estate group Harcourts is welcoming the government’s announcement yesterday to better support first home buyers through KiwiSaver deposit subsidies and Welcome Home Loans.
Housing policy 'just poly filler in face of crisis' 11 Aug 2013 | 07:44 am
National’s just released housing policy throws a bit of money at first home buyers but does nothing to address New Zealand’s wider housing affordability crisis, the Green Party said today.
