Property Management

Kiwis flocking to rental housing

More than half of New Zealanders will be renting within 25 years if the shift away from home ownership continues.

Sunday, August 11th 2002

And that is likely to put renewed pressure on rents, which in Auckland have increased an average of 10% in the past two years.
Recent census figures confirmed New Zealand's rate of home ownership had slipped to its lowest level since the mid-'50s.
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