More new homes could be on the way, despite latest figures
More new homes could be on the way, despite latest figures
2 May 2024
Stats NZ data for the year to March, shows 35-thousand new homes were consented, down a quarter from the year before.
The Building Industry Federation's Julien Leys says it's returning to normal pre-Covid levels.
But he says there are early indicators numbers could go up again, to cater to 132-thousand new migrants.
Leys says concrete merchants sales rose in January and February, and building merchants sales are up this month.
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