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October 7, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This last week I watched Push: The Global Housing Crisis on Al Jazeera, featuring Leilani Farha, Canadian lawyer and former United Nations special rapporteur on adequate housing. She is now leader of The Shift (the global movement to secure the human right to housing). The central takeaway from this ‘Witness’ documentary ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Global Housing Crisis, Human Rights, and Entitlement Finance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/keith-rankin-analysis-global-housing-crisis-human-rights-and-entitlement-finance/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Global Housing Crisis, Human Rights, and Entitlement Finance">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
EVENING REPORT: On Friday August 20 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Adrian Orr told Bloomberg that a fundamental imbalance in the New Zealand economy is a lack of supply within the residential housing market. But will a supply correction alone resolve New Zealand’s affordable housing crisis? Stephen Minto analyses this question.
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July 5, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. I was encouraged to hear Nicola Willis, National Party’s spokesperson on housing, make the key point that the central problem in New Zealand’s housing crisis is that of people being squeezed out of the private rental market. I made this point and more in detail earlier this year (Solving the Housing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Unrented Rentals and Property Hoarders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/05/keith-rankin-essay-unrented-rentals-and-property-hoarders/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Unrented Rentals and Property Hoarders">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Ella Henry, Auckland University of Technology While I am always happy to celebrate any accolades my country and city might garner on the international stage, seeing Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau awarded the top ranking in a recent “most liveable cities” survey left me somewhat flummoxed. In particular, I would argue that many Māori whānau in ... <a title="Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/auckland-is-the-worlds-most-liveable-city-many-maori-might-disagree/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
3 May 2021 By Simon Angelo editor of WealthMorning.com There’s a sign on the Northern Motorway I see at least twice a week. It’s advertising a high-density townhouse developer. The homes appear squashed together, side-by-side and on top of one another. There are no garages. Garages can be important If there’s a tangible link to ... <a title="OP-ED: Simon Angelo on Why You Might Need a Garage to Get Rich" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/op-ed-simon-angelo-on-why-you-might-need-a-garage-to-get-rich/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Simon Angelo on Why You Might Need a Garage to Get Rich">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
SOURCE: CORELOGIC: The CoreLogic Property Market & Economic Update for Q1 2021 reinforced the heated market conditions which led to the Government’s recent housing policy announcement. Through the first quarter of 2021 sales activity remained high despite record-low listings, property values rose rapidly, and mortgaged investor participation surged from 27% to a record-high 29% share ... <a title="Analysis – CoreLogic data reinforces heated housing market conditions that led to NZ Gov’s policy moves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/analysis-corelogic-data-reinforces-heated-housing-market-conditions-that-led-to-nz-govs-policy-moves/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis – CoreLogic data reinforces heated housing market conditions that led to NZ Gov’s policy moves">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Analysis by Simon Angelo, Editor, Wealth Morning * August 2000: IMF Report contends Irish property prices are almost certainly heading for a collapse in the medium-term. * Between 2007 to 2013: Irish house prices (nominal) fall 54%. * March 2021: IMF Report contends New Zealand’s unsustainable house price rises could trigger a pronounced correction. * ... <a title="Analysis – New Zealand Property Market: An Eerie Warning from the IMF – Wealth Morning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/analysis-new-zealand-property-market-an-eerie-warning-from-the-imf-wealth-morning/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis – New Zealand Property Market: An Eerie Warning from the IMF – Wealth Morning">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Stories last week from Radio New Zealand: Expert analysis: low interest rates vs soaring house prices, Nine to Noon, 15 April 2021. And refer to: Arthur Grimes: How to fix a broken Auckland? Add 150,000 homes to crash prices by 40%; The Spinoff, 4 July 2016 Bernard Hickey: PM says Arthur ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Housing, and King Canute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/keith-rankin-analysis-money-housing-and-king-canute/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Housing, and King Canute">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Jacinda Ardern can essentially say “kia kaha” as much as she wants to those at the bottom of the housing market, but it won’t help their plight. Eventually her government is going to have to take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis – especially for ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-missing-part-of-the-govt-housing-package-state-builds/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Getting the Language Correct Aotearoa New Zealand has a housing problem; a very big housing problem, and a problem not unique to New Zealand. While political leaders and privileged commentators do acknowledge the problem, the discussion remains befuddled, presumably largely because of the compromised political and financial interests of those who ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/keith-rankin-essay-solving-the-housing-crisis-making-homes/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Renters have been thrown under a bus by the Labour Government this week. Now the dust has settled on the Government’s announced housing changes, economists are pointing to a likely rise in the cost of rents, and an increase in homelessness. The flipside, of course, is that homebuyers may be better ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-housing-announcement-a-blow-for-those-at-the-bottom/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce You can’t get the right answer if you keep asking the wrong question. A question this neoliberal New Zealand government and previous ones continue to ask is:“How can people get to own a home?” There are very, very limited answers to that question. But if you ask: “How can we give ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/bryan-bruce-nzs-housing-crisis-ask-the-right-questions-and-we-may-get-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions">Read more</a>
