Ardern Government to Cool New Zealand’s Overheating Real Estate Market

Ardern Government to Cool New Zealand’s Overheating Real Estate Market
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a post cabinet press conference at Parliament on March 01, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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The New Zealand government is placing a bottleneck on the nation’s overheating housing market after the price of housing grew exponentially, making it one of the most unaffordable real estate markets in the world.

The policy change by the Ardern government was announced on Tuesday and will involve a series of measures which include raising taxes for investors, providing additional support for first home buyers, an extension of the bright-line test, and an infrastructure package.