Property Management

Building sector short of staff

A big 'staff wanted' sign on the back of a contractor's truck graphically illustrates a skill shortage in the building trade in Wellington.

Monday, January 26th 2004

Rob Askew, owner of Porirua construction firm N & R Askew, said there was a big shortage of builders – and it was going to get worse.

His firm has a two-year contract to reposition property boundaries along a stretch of State Highway 1 through Plimmerton as part of a road-widening project.

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Rents fail to keep pace with house prices

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Friday, March 21st 2025

Four decades of 6-7% yearly house price growth ending

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Friday, January 31st 2025

[TMM Podcast] Yelsa serves up “marine reserve” of property buyers

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Friday, January 17th 2025

Leaving last year's stumbling housing market behind

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Wednesday, January 15th 2025

Don’t bet on house prices rising faster than incomes

Former Reserve Bank Governor and National Party leader Don Brash says there are grounds for believing that house prices may finally have ended the three-decade period when they rose significantly faster than incomes.

Unity First Home Buyer special	4.29
SBS FirstHome Combo	4.29
China Construction Bank	4.85
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special	4.85
ICBC	4.85
Kiwibank Special	4.89
Westpac Special	4.89
BNZ - Std	4.95
SBS Bank Special	4.95
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.95
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	4.95

Nelson Building Society	4.93
ICBC	4.95
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.95
Wairarapa Building Society	4.95
TSB Special	4.95
ANZ Special	4.95
ASB Bank	4.95
SBS Bank Special	4.95
Westpac Special	4.95
China Construction Bank	4.95
Kiwibank Special	4.95

SBS Bank Special	5.39
ICBC	5.39
Westpac Special	5.39
BNZ - Classic	5.59
BNZ - Std	5.59
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.59
ASB Bank	5.69
AIA - Go Home Loans	5.69
Kiwibank Special	5.79
Kainga Ora	5.79
ANZ	5.79

SBS Construction lending for FHB	3.94
AIA - Back My Build	4.44
CFML 321 Loans	4.99
Co-operative Bank - Standard	5.95
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.95
Heartland Bank - Online	5.99
Kiwibank - Offset	6.35
Kiwibank	6.35
TSB Special	6.39
China Construction Bank Special	6.44
ASB Bank	6.44