Property Management

What the future holds

Does the rising population of metropolitan Auckland signal the end of the free-standing suburban home? VICKI HOLDER consults an expert.

Monday, April 28th 2003

By the year 2050, the population of the Auckland Metropolitan area will have doubled, and nearly a third of us could be living in high-density developments.

The Regional Growth Forum’s Capacity For Growth report, published in March, says apartments, terraced housing and townhouses, which currently account for 15 per cent of Auckland’s dwellings, could rise to 30 per cent.

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Unity First Home Buyer special	3.99
ICBC	4.25
SBS FirstHome Combo	4.29
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special	4.39
TSB Special	4.49
ANZ Special	4.49
ASB Bank	4.49
SBS Bank Special	4.49
Unity Special	4.49
Westpac Special	4.49
Kiwibank Special	4.49

TSB Special	4.49
ANZ Special	4.49
ASB Bank	4.49
Westpac Special	4.49
Wairarapa Building Society	4.59
ICBC	4.59
BNZ - Std	4.65
Unity Special	4.65
SBS Bank Special	4.65
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.65
Nelson Building Society	4.69

SBS Bank Special	4.99
Westpac Special	4.99
ICBC	4.99
ASB Bank	5.15
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.39
ANZ	5.39
AIA - Go Home Loans	5.39
TSB Special	5.39
BNZ - Std	5.39
Kainga Ora	5.49
SBS Bank	5.59

SBS Construction lending for FHB	3.74
CFML 321 Loans	4.25
AIA - Back My Build	4.44
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.30
Co-operative Bank - Standard	5.30
ICBC	5.39
Heartland Bank - Online	5.45
ANZ	5.89
TSB Special	5.94
ASB Bank	5.99
Pepper Money Prime	5.99

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