Featured in today’s New Zealand Herald (30th August 2016) the following data shows that Waiuku housing stock median sale price over the months of February 2016 to July 2016 has jumped some 26% sitting at a new average of $582,000.
Our little town is certainly creating a buzz among house-hunters for it’s small town NZ rural feel on the edge of the great metropolis up the big motorway.
Labour Market Fundamentally Strong The data highlight for us economists this week was not the number ten – representing days in the job for Mr Scaramucci. Instead it was yesterday’s collection of numbers showing the state of our labour market in the Household Labour Force Survey and Labour Cost Index. … Read more
Retail Spending Strong Sort Of Fresh economic data have been fairly thin on the ground this week. We learnt that core retail spending using debit and credit cards rose 1.4% in April to deliver an annualised pace of growth in the most recent three months of 5.4%. This is … Read more