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‘Mum and dad investors’ are pulling back. What will that mean for NZ’s housing market?

  • Written by Michael Rehm, Associate Professor in Property, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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In New Zealand’s long and storied romance with the property market, the “mum and dad” investor has always been a central character.

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