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Annual Number Of Home Consents Down 3.8 Percent
There were 33,530 new homes consented in Aotearoa New Zealand in the year ended May 2025, down 3.8 percent compared with the year ended May 2024, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
“The record for the annual number of new homes consented was 51,015 in the year ended May 2022. While consent numbers fell sharply after that peak, they have levelled out over the past year,” economic indicators spokesperson Michelle Feyen said.
In the year ended May 2025, there were 17,852 multi-unit homes consented, down 8.6 percent compared with the year ended May 2024. There were 15,678 stand-alone houses consented, up 2.4 percent over the same period.
Visit our website to read this news story and information release and to download CSV files:
- Annual number of home consents down 3.8 percent: https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/annual-number-of-home-consents-down-3-8-percent/
- Building consents issued: May 2025 https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/building-consents-issued-may-2025/
- CSV files for download https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/
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