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Mike Blackburn: Construction Analyst on the boom in housing consents and construction in Canterbury
Internal migration is driving a boom in Canterbury housing construction.
The region's councils consented around 6,500 homes in the past year – a fifth of the country's new builds.
Construction Analyst Mike Blackburn told Francesca Rudkin that it largely down to comparative house price values.
He says people can buy a brand new home in Selwyn or other parts of Canterbury for substantially less than Auckland and Wellington equivalents.
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