Comments on: There is no housing shortage in New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/ A wide-angle view of architecture, urban design and life in Wellington Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:34:48 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: DayOut http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-14839 DayOut Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:49:40 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-14839 For a thinking person there is nothing provocative about your thesis that there is no shortage of housing.It's a question od distribution. Beyond the release of "investment properties" another factor likely to increase supply for would-be home owners is the slowing of migration. And of-course a reduction in income tax rates should reduce the tax advantages of rental properties. For a thinking person there is nothing provocative about your thesis that there is no shortage of housing.It's a question od distribution. Beyond the release of “investment properties” another factor likely to increase supply for would-be home owners is the slowing of migration. And of-course a reduction in income tax rates should reduce the tax advantages of rental properties.

]]> By: rondo http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-358 rondo Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:50 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-358 Seems like the perfect place to post a link to this article from an influential american source: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_nations_gentrified Shocking. Truly shocking. Seems like the perfect place to post a link to this article from an influential american source:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_nations_gentrified

Shocking. Truly shocking.

]]> By: DayOut http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-310 DayOut Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:22:20 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-310 For a thinking person there is nothing provocative about your thesis that there is no shortage of housing.It's a question od distribution. Beyond the release of "investment properties" another factor likely to increase supply for would-be home owners is the slowing of migration. And of-course a reduction in income tax rates should reduce the tax advantages of rental properties. For a thinking person there is nothing provocative about your thesis that there is no shortage of housing.It’s a question od distribution. Beyond the release of “investment properties” another factor likely to increase supply for would-be home owners is the slowing of migration. And of-course a reduction in income tax rates should reduce the tax advantages of rental properties.

]]> By: Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-301 Maximus Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:57:59 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-301 Rent Boy, (curious name... ...and your profession is...?) I'm just talking about rental properties here, although of course there are a number of the other as well. The market, great self-correcting mechanism that it is (its been in a stage of Pre-correction, apparently), will even out the rental vs buying market. That goes back to my opening paragraph of the Affordable post - we are, allegedly, a nation who desires to buy. Picket fence optional. Rent Boy, (curious name… …and your profession is…?)
I’m just talking about rental properties here, although of course there are a number of the other as well.
The market, great self-correcting mechanism that it is (its been in a stage of Pre-correction, apparently), will even out the rental vs buying market. That goes back to my opening paragraph of the Affordable post – we are, allegedly, a nation who desires to buy.

Picket fence optional.

]]> By: Rent boy http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-300 Rent boy Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:39:30 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/there-is-no-housing-shortage-in-new-zealand/#comment-300 By "second homes", do you mean holiday homes or rental properties? If the former, then it won't help people into homes, since the holiday homes aren't usually useful as primary homes: I want a place in town, not at Castlepoint or Waikanae. If the latter, then won't it reduce the pool of rental properties for those who _want_ to rent? By “second homes”, do you mean holiday homes or rental properties? If the former, then it won’t help people into homes, since the holiday homes aren’t usually useful as primary homes: I want a place in town, not at Castlepoint or Waikanae. If the latter, then won’t it reduce the pool of rental properties for those who _want_ to rent?

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