Real Estate

New Zealand Consents Show Shift Away From Stand-Alone Dwellings

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New Zealand’s growing urban population has seen the construction of medium-density housing almost overtake the building of stand-alone dwellings.

Approvals for townhouses, flats and units rose 27% to a record 20,793 in 2022, Statistics New Zealand said Thursday in Wellington. Consents for houses fell 16% to 21,400.