Sunday, July 29, 2007

New Zealand June Home-Building Approvals Surge 15.8 Percent on Apartments

(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's home-building
approvals posted the biggest gain in more than 18 months in June,
buoyed by consents for apartments, as record-high interest rates
failed to curb demand for new property.

Approvals to build new houses and apartments increased 15.8
percent from May, according to seasonally adjusted figures
released by Statistics New Zealand in Wellington today. The
increase was the most since December 2005. The number of
approvals was the highest since March 2005.


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