NZ dwelling consents hit 1970s highs, but shortgage remains

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Statistics New Zealand has released its monthly dwelling consents data, which reveals that dwelling consents hit their highest level since the 1970s in annual terms:

And this ‘boom’ has been driven by Auckland:

The problem is, New Zealand’s population is around two-thirds larger than it was in the mid-1970s, and has accelerated recently driven by mass immigration:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.