Property Talk: Where would we put extra refugees?
NBR reporters Sally Lindsay, Chris Hutching and Deborah LaHatte talk about the latest in property news in Property Talk.
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Hawke’s Bay
Where are the Syrian refugees coming to New Zealand going to be housed?
There have been a number of people offering their homes and an informal website has 3000 people from across the country offering all types of accommodation.
NBR’s Deborah LaHatte has some suggestions for where the government could easily and quickly provide housing for the expected influx in Auckland, despite the city’s housing crisis.
Well-known South Island developer John Darby has moved on to his next project and it involves a skifield.
Shania Twain’s ex-husband Mutt Lange, through his Soho Property company, has allowed Mr Darby to take over part of the Crown pastoral at Glencoe Station to develop a skifield.
Known to heli-ski companies and back-country skiiers for years, the run is now open in a limited way to the public for half day runs at $295 and full days at $580.
Chris Hutching looks at Mr Darby’s plans for the area.
Still in the rural area, there are continuing claims dairy farm values are not dropping despite the fall in farmers’ farmgate prices for milk solids.
The latest sales are evidence of firm prices for the sector, agents claim.
Back in the city, the race is on for retail space across the country.
Retail spending is being boosted by population growth, wage increases, and rising houses prices and retailers cannot find enough space in the main centres, despite differing views about the economy, threats from online shopping and only a few select retailers cleaning up.
Rents are rising to steep levels as retailers outbid each other for limited available space.
Sally Lindsay looks at the latest research.
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Property Talk: Where would we put extra refugees?
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