Matt Ball: Property Investors Federation Advocacy Manager on house prices the most affordable they've been in a decade, outside of Covid

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 10, 2026 · 3m · transcript

Movement in housing affordability could spell good news for first home buyers.

Cotality NZ's Housing Affordability report for Quarter 4 2025 shows the national value-to-income ratio fell to 7.2.

This is the lowest level since a brief period in 2019 and before that 2016

The Property Investors Federation's Matt Ball told Ryan Bridge it is still higher than the long-term national average of 6.8.

He says the decrease is great for young people, but it would be better for it to come down even more.

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