Building consents for new dwellings in New Zealand rose 1.9% month-on-month in January 2026, reversing a 4.5% fall in December. A total of 2,528 new dwellings were consented, including 1,190 stand-alone houses, 1,004 townhouses, flats, and units, 145 apartments, and 189 retirement village units. In the year ended January 2026, New Zealand saw 6.9 new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents, up from 6.4 per 1,000 in the year ended January 2025. source: Statistics New Zealand
Building Permits MoM in New Zealand increased to 1.90 percent in January from -4.50 percent in December of 2025. Building Permits MoM in New Zealand averaged 0.68 percent from 1995 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 36.40 percent in April of 2008 and a record low of -41.40 percent in April of 2005. This page includes a chart with historical data for New Zealand New Dwellings Building Consents MoM. New Zealand New Dwellings Building Consents MoM - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.
Building Permits MoM in New Zealand increased to 1.90 percent in January from -4.50 percent in December of 2025. Building Permits MoM in New Zealand is expected to be -0.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the New Zealand New Dwellings Building Consents MoM is projected to trend around -0.80 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.