NEWS ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS I take a public engagement approach and have been interviewed over 50 times by the media on property-related issues. Recent media outputs
Higher insurance bills, lower house values: Flooding can have long-term impact
There is a warning flood-hit homeowners face financial costs long after the water has receded. Insurers are becoming increasingly sensitive to flood risk, which means
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Home at last: how COVID took homelessness off the streets
Home at last: how COVID took homelessness off the streets During the pandemic, many homeless people were housed in hotels – it was supposed to
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Innovative infrastructure funding needed for affordable homes
The infrastructure levy introduced last year is a start but New Zealand is behind its contemporaries. Massey University economics professor Graham Squires More weight needs
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Could Public Private Partnerships help solve the infrastructure and housing crisis?
Innovative finance for PPPs in real estate development will be critical to developing quality infrastructure and homes for New Zealanders, Professor Graham Squires says. Professor
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Property investors and ‘moral obligation’
Private rental property owners do not have a moral obligation to provide houses to anyone, including vulnerable tenants, the New Zealand Property Investors Federation says.
Private infrastructure charges ‘the answer to boost housing supply’
Private housing infrastructure funding charges might be the best way to speed up development and boost housing supply, a property academic says. House prices increased
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Building a case for ‘build-to-rent’ developments
As the Government tightens rules for property investors, it’s talking up a less common type of rental development. What are ‘build-to-rent’ schemes, and how could
Banning foreign house buyers won’t have much effect – Massey professor
Article in National Business Review (NBR) exploring the foreign house buyer ban, Overseas Investment Act All regions showed a drop in affordability over the year.
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Rotorua house prices increasing the most in New Zealand
Newshub article on house prices For more than a year, the advice to Aucklanders struggling to buy a home was to move out of the
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Home affordability drops for Kiwis by almost 10 per cent, report says
Article in TVNZ Television New Zealand on Housing Affordability Home affordability has plummeted in many regions across the country over the past year, according to
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Renter pain continues as New Zealand rents jump 25% in five years
Article on New Zealand Herald on Housing Affordability and Tenure It’s further bad news for renters with prices across New Zealand climbing steadily in the
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Build-to-rent apartments must not become slums, property specialists warn
Article in Stuff exploring Build to Rent with colleague David White Property specialists at Massey University caution that mass rental housing like apartment blocks need to
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Build to rent: the pros and cons
Article in RNZ relating to a series of industry seminars that myself and colleague David White ran on Build to Rent in New Zealand As