Comment on Australia's housing crisis in 10 graphs, from the federal budget
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 month agoOver here in NZ we had the biggest influx of expats back to NZ in memory. Perhaps you had the same?
Another possibility is perhaps a drop in the number of rental properties overall. Money got cheap, house prices went up, perhaps lots of landlords sold up, and lots of renters suddenly could afford to buy?
Baku@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Interestingly, you now seem to be having the largest outflux of citizens ever, too
www.1news.co.nz/…/record-number-of-kiwis-leave-nz…
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
Yeah, everyone came back to NZ to weather the storm, then left again. People are leaving pretty much as fast as their passports can be issued, which is pretty slow at the moment. Prepandemic passports for most people were issued within a few days. Now it’s taking 10 weeks.
I don’t think this was unexpected, there was always the expectation that people would leave once the pandemic had settled down.
Not only is there a bunch of people who came back and are now leaving, all the people who would have left during the pandemic but couldn’t will now be making their move.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 month ago
You guys must be getting whiplash!
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
I bet a significant number of those people came from and and now heading to Aussie!