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New Zealand Property Approvals - Monthly Building Statistics

MONTHLY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING APPROVALS (CONSENTS) DATA for the whole of New Zealand

The following data relate to all Residential House, Apartment, Unit, Townhouse, Villa and Condo Building Consents issued for new construction for the whole of New Zealand. These data exclude alterations and additions.
These data are the most up to date data available. Data are obtained monthly in arrears and are updated and published online at the end of the following calendar month.

NUMBER OF HOUSE CONSENTS (excluding apartments, units, townhouses, villas and condos)

Number by Year

New Zealand Property - Number of House Consents by Year (1992-2024)

Year	Total Consents
1992	17,667
1993	18,364
1994	22,134
1995	20,174
1996	21,548
1997	22,328
1998	17,900
1999	22,379
2000	17,626
2001	17,726
2002	21,598
2003	25,506
2004	24,837
2005	22,174
2006	22,604
2007	23,118
2008	16,158
2009	12,996
2010	14,663
2011	12,501
2012	15,180
2013	18,840
2014	21,386
2015	24,377
2016	27,663
2017	27,848
2018	29,445
2019	32,734
2020	35,647
2021	44,947
2022	45,148
2023	34,716
2024	31,619
2025

Number by Month

New Zealand Property - Number of Consents Past 14 Month Trend

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Jan	2,322	2,504	2,626 (2,278)	2,404 (2,402)	1,868 (2,345)	2,135 (2,307)
Feb	3,051	2,983	3,977 (2,988)	2,796 (3,092)	2,596 (3,081)	2,468 (2,964)
Mar	2,614	3,957	4,687 (3,283)	3,643 (3,525)	2,707 (3,522)
Apr	2,032	3,722	3,455 (2,799)	2,600 (2,844)	2,828 (2,927)
May	3,061	3,939	4,351 (3,492)	3,500 (3,602)	3,066 (3,583)
Jun	3,244	3,897	3,748 (3,150)	3,256 (3,307)	2,103 (3,250)
Jul	3,103	3,961	3,903 (3,256)	2,812 (3,337)	3,252 (3,406)
Aug	2,942	4,328	4,139 (3,380)	3,031 (3,472)	2,834 (3,455)
Sep	3,202	4,015	3,822 (3,224)	2,694 (3,294)	2,666 (3,280)
Oct	3,295	3,712	3,329 (3,281)	2,819 (3,277)	2,667 (3,164)
Nov	3,473	4,198	4.114 (3.518)	2,835 (3,507)	2,914 (3,507)
Dec	3,308	3,731	2,997 (2,936)	2,326 (2,979)	2,118 (2,896)
Total	35,647	44,947	45,148	34,716	31,619

(Items in brackets show that month’s 5 year average)

NUMBER OF APARTMENT CONSENTS (Apartments, Units, Townhouses, Villas and Condos)

Number by Year

New Zealand Property- Apartment Consents by Year (1990 - 2024)

Year	Total Consents
1992	72
1993	373
1994	965
1995	954
1996	1,248
1997	2,774
1998	2,831
1999	3,998
2000	2,459
2001	2,813
2002	5,610
2003	4,408
2004	6,586
2005	3,849
2006	3,331
2007	2,426
2008	2,298
2009	1,449
2010	939
2011	1,194
2012	1,749
2013	2,408
2014	3,238
2015	2,755
2016	2,307
2017	3,239
2018	3,251
2019	4,761
2020	3,747
2021	3,952
2022	4,388
2023	2,518
2024	1,981
2025

Number by Month

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Jan	242	521	207 (289)	373 (337)	123 (293)	68 (258)
Feb	242	146	218 (237)	176 (246)	199 (196)	110 (170)
Mar	290	261	616 (363)	327 (390)	224 (344)
Apr	136	272	264 (244)	157 (204)	98 (185)
May	493	241	177 (379)	225 (333)	109 (249)
Jun	233	413	289 (350)	146 (314)	75 (231)
Jul	288	250	197 (319)	246 (250)	100 (216)
Aug	205	162	408 (324)	139 (251)	47 (192)
Sep	403	468	778 (495)	204 (493)	277 (426)
Oct	364	331	239 (239)	241 (270)	183 (272)
Nov	408	490	535 (390)	123 (364)	186 (348)
Dec	443	397	460 (390)	161 (368)	360 (365)
Total	3,747	3,952	4,388	2,518	1,981

(Items in brackets show that month’s 5 year average)

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