Building consents for new houses in May were at their highest level since August 2007, but it was a quieter month in the more intensive dwelling categories.
Statistics NZ said 2520 new homes were consented in May, up 16.4% on the 2171 a year ago. New houses made up 1956 (1587 last May) of the total, up 23.3%. However, there was only one more consent for apartments (126, compared to 115 a year ago), retirement village units were down 8.8% to 121 (184) & suburban townhouses & flats rose 16.4% to 327 (285).
Consents for the last 12 months totalled 28,387, up 13% from the 25,114 in the previous 12 months.
Total consents for new homes, additions & alterations were up 24.1% in value for the month to $1.078 billion ($868 million), and up 17.5% for the year to $11.4 billion ($9.7 billion).
Auckland consents for May were up 12.4% at 732 (651), Northland had 114 (61), Waikato 317 (254), Bay of Plenty 242 (145), Canterbury 618 (549).
Around Auckland in May (May 2015 in brackets), north to south: Rodney 76 (79), Albany 167 (161), North Shore 15 (59), Waitakere 44 (35), Waitemata & Gulf 20 (25), Whau 17 (14), Albert-Eden-Roskill 37 (44), Orakei 8 (22), Maungakiekie-Tamaki 32 (15), Howick 84 (27), Manukau 30 (36), Manurewa-Papakura 106 (96), Franklin 96 (38).
Consents for non-residential buildings nationally were up 1.1% for the month to $492 million ($486 million), and up 8.5% for the year to $5.86 billion ($5.4 billion).
The value of all consents was up 14.1% for the month to $1.59 billion ($1.4 billion), and up 14.6% for the year to $17.8 billion ($15.5 billion).
Attribution: Statistics NZ tables.
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