Housing and expenses fuel emigration

Statistics show more New Zealander are leaving NZ permanently than ever before. TNZL wondered if there was any connection between this fact and the high cost of living or the poor standard of the houses.

Here's a collection of news stories for you to make up your own mind.

Housing drives increase in spending

Average weekly household expenditure increased by $58 to $1010 between 2006/07 and 2009/10, Statistics New Zealand said today. ...

Chorus of caution warns us to tune up

But off limits are any changes to New Zealand Superannuation, though it is obvious some are needed, or addressing the hole in our tax system where a capital ...

New Zealand Rating Outlook Revised to Negative by S&P, Snapping Kiwi Rally

New Zealand's credit-rating outlook was lowered to negative by Standard & Poor's, spurring traders to buy ...

The higher our house prices, the poorer we get

True, the negative outlook on New Zealand's AA+ government debt rating won't make any difference to the man in the street. It's an issue for the bond market ...

Big jump in Kiwis leaving NZ

More Kiwis left to live permanently overseas in October than in any month since January 2009, seasonally adjusted figures from Statistics New Zealand show. ...

Campaign to focus on the 'third sector' of housing

Community Housing Aotearoa, New Zealand's umbrella group for community housing organisations (based in Wellington), has begun preparations for a 2011 ...

Summerset Retirement Villages Constructs Its 200th Lifemark Home

It's evident that a cultural shift is occurring and while transforming New Zealand's housing stock is a long-term process, the change has started. ...

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New Zealand is a model economy. Foreclosure rates that are nearly non-existent.

There are factors that affect the decision. Rates have to be examined as well.

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