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1. NZ Adviser (July 30, 2025) - NZ home and rent affordability improves as rates ease
2. RNZ (July 29, 2025) - Home affordability and rent levels improving - Massey University
3. RNZ (July 29, 2025) - Midday Business News for 29 July 2025
4. Massey University Real Estate Analysis Unit (REAU) Media News (July 28, 2025) - Rental affordability improves in most regions, but pressures persist
5. Massey University Real Estate Analysis Unit (REAU) Media News (July 28, 2025) - Home affordability continues to improve in second quarter of 2025
6. RNZ (July 25, 2025) - Can council rates keep rising like they have?
7. Mortgage Express NZ (April 10, 2025) - Is Home Loan Affordability Improving for First Home Buyers?
8. NZ Adviser (March 27, 2025) - Housing affordability gains ground even as house prices hold steady – here's why
9. New Zealand City (March 26, 2025) - Homes are becoming more affordable across the country - driven largely by declining mortgage rates
10. RNZ (March 25, 2025) - Why housing affordability is improving even while prices aren't falling
11. Massey University Real Estate Analysis Unit (REAU) Media News (March 25, 2025) - Home affordability improves amid declining mortgage rates and rising incomes
12. RNZ (October 9, 2024) - House prices almost 10 times median wage
13. Massey University Real Estate Analysis Unit (REAU) Media News (October 08, 2024) - Home affordability continues upward trend
14. Stuff - Waikato Times (September 07, 2024) - A 2.99% home loan rate - so what’s the catch?
15. Stuff (February 02, 2024) - Falling house prices ‘haven’t helped affordability’
16. RNZ (January 27, 2024) Home Affordability Report Q4, 2023 Media Coverage - Latest Home Affordability Report shows a decline in home affordability in NZ attributed to high interest rates and increased median house prices.
17. Massey University Real Estate Analysis Unit (REAU) Media News (January 26, 2024) - The squeeze continues with persistent decline in housing affordability
18. The Post (January 7, 2024) - The regions bucking the property affordability issue
19. Gisborne Herald (December 21, 2023) - Data gap raises concerns over housing for former prisoners
20. RNZ | Gisborne housing situation 'dire', says advocate (30 Mar 2022)
21. Stuff | Renting still tough despite slight improvement in affordability (23 Mar 2022)
22. Slight improvement in rental affordability at national level https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/slight-improvement-in-rental-affordability-at-national-level/ (24 Mar 2022)
23. Stuff | Home affordability tumbles 25 per cent in three months, university report finds (07 Mar 2022)
24. A long way to fall in order to afford a home: interest rate rise and house prices surge in 2021 https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/a-long-way-to-fall-in-order-to-afford-a-home-interest-rate-rise-and-house-prices-surge-in-2021/ (03 Mar 2022)
25. Newshub | The seven New Zealand regions where rental affordability has shrunk below the national average (13 Dec 2021)
26. National deterioration in rental affordability both quarterly and annually https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/national-deterioration-in-rental-affordability-both-quarterly-and-annually/ (09 Dec 2021)
27. Stuff | Interest rates rise bad news for home affordability (26 Nov 2021)
28. PressReader | Interest rate rises hit affordability of homes (26 Nov 2021)
29. OneRoof | New RVs for Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown - what homeowners can expect (24 Nov 2021)
30. Rising house prices and increase in interest rate lead to decline in home affordability https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/rising-house-prices-and-increase-in-interest-rate-lead-to-decline-in-home-affordability/ (18 Nov 2021)
31. The Gisborne Herald | Rent Rise (06 Aug 2021)
32. Newstalk ZB | The cheapest and most expensive places to rent in NZ - report (30 Jul 2021)
33. NZ Herald | The cheapest and most expensive places to rent in New Zealand - Massey University report (30 Jul 2021)
34. Southland and West Coast best regions for renters https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/southland-and-west-coast-best-regions-for-renters/ (28 July 2021)
35. Rising house prices and decreasing income lead to decline in home affordability https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/rising-house-prices-and-decreasing-income-lead-to-decline-in-home-affordability/ (July 1, 2021)
36. Stuff | 'Dramatic separation' between house prices and wages as home affordability drops further (01 Jul 2021)
37. NBR | Innovative infrastructure funding needed for affordable homes (05 May 2021)
38. Stuff | Private infrastructure charges 'the answer to boost housing supply' (23 Apr 2021)
39. Interest.co.nz | Home ownership levels continue declining, especially for younger people (08 Dec 2020)
40. Stuff | Nelson-Tasman median house prices climb 60-70 per cent over five years (15 Oct 2020)
41. Stuff | A decade of saving and above average income required to buy a house in Auckland (23 Aug 2020)
42. Trust keen to expand affordable housing scheme (20 Jul 2020) https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300059354/trust-keen-to-expand-affordable-housing-scheme
43. NZ Herald | Auckland Homes Becoming More Affordable, But Investors Eyeing Up Bargains: Home Affordability Report (17 Oct 2019) https://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12277052&ref=twitter
44. TVNZ | Buying a House to Become Easier with Declining House Prices, Falling Mortgage Interest Rates – Report (17 Oct 2019) https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakfast/clips/buying-a-house-to-become-easier-with-declining-house-prices-falling-mortgage-interest-rates-report
45. Buying a house to become easier as house prices, mortgage interest rates fall – report (17 Oct 2019)
46. Otago Daily Times | Houses Becoming More Affordable (17 Oct 2019) https://www.odt.co.nz/business/houses-becoming-more-affordable?fbclid=IwAR1Vb-9RwZpy5-i54Dbm1Q6dnBTszahMLcnBzPhydkkmynXNMc69x-CQSkw
47. Manawatu-Whanganui house prices rocket through another record high (16 Oct 2019)
48. 'Purple patch' over for first-home buyers as investors jump in (17 Oct 2019)
49. Auckland homes 'becoming more affordable' (17 Oct 2019)
https://www.oneroof.co.nz/news/36822
50. NZ Adviser | Housing Affordability Continues To Improve Across The Country –Report (18 Oct 2019)
51. Buying a house to become easier with declining house prices (23 Oct 2019)
https://www.propertynoise.co.nz/buying-a-house-to-become-easier-with-declining-house-prices-watch/
52. Modest improvements in home affordability continue (17 Oct 2019) http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/350294
53. Modest improvements in home affordability continue https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/modest-improvements-in-home-affordability-continue/ (16 Oct 2019)
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