Low Housing Consent tally for Nelson
Statistics NZ have just published the latest housing consent numbers, up to April 2009.
Although Napier & Northland seem to be on a bit of a roll, all other regions in the main have reported much lower consents than 12 months ago.
Although noting that the overall declining trend is abating, they point out that consents approved for April 2009 (excluding apartment units) show the number of new housing units to be at a very low historical figure.
You’ll notice that the above graphic excludes apartment sales, and even though this part of the mix was a standout compared to the 2008 consent numbers it wasn’t really that relevant in provincial regions.
Statistic NZ said as much in the article…
Movements in the regional results for the monthly series should be treated with caution.
There were a high number of apartments authorised in April 2008, which was the highest monthly total since March 2005. The regions most affected by this were Auckland and Wellington.
The low levels reported today are the lowest since they began tracking dwelling consent approvals back in Jan 92, and furthermore, that since mid 2007, they have overall fallen back by about half.
SOURCE – Statistics NZ
May 29 2009 01:09 pm | General and New Zealand and Stats / Sales Data and The Market
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