NZ residential consent issuance climbed a seasonally adjusted 1.9% in January (up 1.9% in the 3-months to January). Annual new residential consents lifted to 36.9k, a 9.3% climb on the previous year, noted ASB Bank. Residential construction costs dipped, with little change over the last 12 months. $8.9 billion of non-residential building work was […]