Property experts have called for first-home buyers to be exempt from tight borrowing restrictions, saying more than 1 million Kiwis have been locked out of owning a home.
Property Institute of New Zealand chief executive Ashley Church said the main barrier preventing roughly a quarter of New Zealanders from living in their own home wasn't affordability, but loan-to-value (LVR) restrictions.
Property experts have called for first-home buyers to be exempt from tight borrowing restrictions, saying more than 1 million Kiwis have been locked out of owning a home.
Property Institute of New Zealand chief executive Ashley Church said the main barrier preventing roughly a quarter of New Zealanders from living in their own home wasn’t affordability, but loan-to-value (LVR) restrictions.
