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Economy WatchShamubeel Eaqub: Why institutional landlords should be better for renters than 'accidental' landlordsRenting in New Zealand today is more difficult than a decade ago, with fewer properties available, rents continuing to increase, and the quality of rental properties not much better, Shamubeel Eaqub says. However, the economist and co-author of the 2015 book Generation Rent, rethinking New Zealand's priorities, says it's not all bad news.Speaking in the latest episode of interest.co.nz's Of Interest podcast, Eaqub says the "lived reality of renting" has got harder over the past decade, but the regulatory settings are slowly improving."We need to ensure there's sufficient renters' rights ... because in Ne...2024-05-2038 min
Of InterestShamubeel Eaqub: Why institutional landlords should be better for renters than 'accidental' landlordsRenting in New Zealand today is more difficult than a decade ago, with fewer properties available, rents continuing to increase, and the quality of rental properties not much better, Shamubeel Eaqub says. However, the economist and co-author of the 2015 book Generation Rent, rethinking New Zealand's priorities, says it's not all bad news.Speaking in the latest episode of interest.co.nz's Of Interest podcast, Eaqub says the "lived reality of renting" has got harder over the past decade, but the regulatory settings are slowly improving."We need to ensure there's sufficient renters' rights ... because in Ne...2024-05-2038 min
Of InterestShamubeel Eaqub: Why the Generation Rent author is now optimistic about the housing marketIn 2015 when he and his wife Selena published Generation Rent Rethinking New Zealand’s Priorities, economist Shamubeel Eaqub admits he was pessimistic about the housing market. That has now changed. Speaking in interest.co.nz's Of Interest Podcast, Eaqub, now of economic consultancy Sense Partners, explains why he's now optimistic about the housing market."I think there is a consensus across the political spectrum that there is a problem, and now we're fighting about what the solutions are. To me that's a really optimistic place to be when it comes to the housing market," Eaqub says.2022-12-0633 min