Rental prices in Christchurch and several regional areas of New Zealand have reached record highs due to shrinking supply and strong demand, while major cities like Auckland and Wellington see rent declines.
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It's funny, I think everyone is so chuffed that Auckland's been mentioned by New York's trendy new mayor that no one's actually pointed out that he's wrong. It's been days. It's been four days. It's well long enough to point this out. On Friday, Zora and Mamdanny name checked Auckland along with Vienna, Austin, Minneapolis, and Seattle as cities that he would like to copy because they all use planning, careful zoning and direct funding to bring down their house prices, which as we know is a significant problem in the big apple at the moment. Problem is that is not actually what happened in Auckland. That is not what dropped Auckland's house prices. In fact, Auckland has done nothing but reject zoning regulations that might have brought down house prices. Auckland fought so hard against the three houses of three stories on one section rule that Auckland ended up with the new rule that promised two million new houses, which Auckland then fought against until it dropped down to 1.6 million new houses, which Auckland fought against until it dropped to 1.4 million new houses. What really actually brought down Auckland's house prices was the post-COVID recession. It was inflation shooting through the roof because of overblown COVID spending. It was young people leaving for Australia in droves because of the coast post-COVID cost of living crisis. And maybe if you're being generous and think this might have made a difference at the margins, the reserve banks' debt to income ratios. Auckland is not an example of careful planning. Auckland is an example of an economic sugar hit followed by an economic crash. Now that's probably an inconvenient story for Mandami because it involves blaming a former leader of this country who's very much in the same line of progressive politics as he is. And it is not an example of rules changing anything. And it is not for a lot of people actually a good news story in Auckland. If they're trapped, unable to sell their house without making a loss. But it doesn't sound like anyone's going to point this out to Zoran or anyone else, lest we risk feeling chuffed to have been mentioned.
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misattributed to planning, actually driven by recession and migration
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