Rising house prices will affect the poorest the hardest

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 7:18 p.m.

House prices have grown at a record rate for the second consecutive month. Tauranga has experienced the steepest house price rise of all the main centres, up 6.8 percent over December - to an average of $876,122.  Vicki McLaren is the general manager of community housing provider, Accessible Properties, in Tauranga, she speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.