Aging population will also help to keep the averages down (more elderly = more one or two people households). It is what is happening at the margins that is important, and I suspect you are right Bjauck.
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In the linked pdf from W69...look at the graph "Number of People Per Private Dwelling" since May 2008 it has been increasing. Of course that could mask what has been happening in the poorest households...the number of occupants per dwelling could have been increasing at an even higher rate in those households. in addition of course the situation has been more exaggerated in Auckland than with national figures.
From the pdf...."In light of all the factors that determine the level of building, including new housing costs, what has been built largely reflects demand. This isn't the same thing as saying there aren't lots of people living in unsatisfactory housing conditions." (my emphasis)
The housing crisis (if there is actually one) won't be fixed until we treat houses as homes and not as stores of wealth
I'm calling a top in the Auckland property market and currently have my apartment up for sale
I've owned it a long time so I'm not really a trader, but at this point I want the money.
I will of course have to live somewhere so I will move to the country and semi-retire.
if your apartment is in that golden most desired central circle in which there is more water than land i cant see much happening to prices, demand/desire will always exceed supply.
it certainly is JT,
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