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title: What our housing conversations no longer say - NZIER Insight 79
description: New Zealand’s housing conversation has always been a metaphor for different things. Now houses are strictly investments. We have an obsession with them. Us
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# [What our housing conversations no longer say - NZIER Insight 79](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/what-our-housing-conversations-no-longer-say-nzier-insight-79)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/admin) | March 28, 2019

New Zealand’s housing conversation has always been a metaphor for different things. Now houses are strictly investments. We have an obsession with them. Using data from DigitalNZ, this Insight looks at how the conversation about housing in New Zealand has changed over time.

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