Government wants to cool housing market, but how?

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 5:15 p.m.

Late next month the Government will announce initiatives designed to cool the property market and help first homebuyers. Last year, Finance Minister Grant Robertson sought advice from Treasury and wrote to the Reserve Bank Governor, seeking ideas on how to calm the runaway housing market. Political reporter Yvette McCullough looks at some of the options that might be on the table.