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Ian Page

BRANZ Industry Performance and Social Research Team Leader (Acting),
BRANZ Manager Economics,
BRANZ Principal Economist,
BRANZ Principal Economist (recently retired)

Articles by this author

Building quality and value

1 December 2017 , Build 163

Who’s building our dwellings?

1 October 2017 , Build 162

House Repairs

Costly to delay repairs

1 June 2017 , Build 160

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Benefits and costs of aiming higher

1 April 2017 , Build 159

New Zealand’s Asian population is rising.

We’re older and more diverse

1 February 2017 , Build 158

Slip in Wellington following heavy rain.

Climate change housing costs

1 October 2016 , Build 156

Devil is in the details

1 August 2016 , Build 155

Growth in medium density housing

1 June 2016 , Build 154

Flooded properties.

Preparing for natural hazards

1 April 2016 , Build 153

a082 online

Employment high

1 December 2015 , Build 151

Stats tell the affordability story

1 October 2015 , Build 150

New-home defects

1 June 2015 , Build 148

Figure 1: Annual cost of residential roof claddings.

Cladding costs over a lifetime

1 April 2015 , Build 147

Figure 2: New housing building consents.

How the numbers stack

1 February 2015 , Build 146

Figure 1: New dwelling consents are generally in step or slightly behind economic growth.

A home of one’s own

1 June 2014 , Build 142

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Resilience costs

1 April 2014 , Build 141

Is it worth it?

1 April 2014 , Build 141

What’s behind rising prices?

1 February 2014 , Build 140

Housing and the Auckland Unitary Plan

1 December 2013 , Build 139

Safe as houses?

1 October 2013 , Build 138

Small building firms’ insights

1 August 2013 , Build 137

Keeping homes up to scratch

1 April 2013 , Build 135

Where’s the action in Canterbury?

1 February 2013 , Build 134

Picking up performance

1 December 2012 , Build 133

Double glazing – it’s worth it

1 October 2012 , Build 132

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Valuing time savings

1 August 2012 , Build 131

Prefab set to grow

1 August 2012 , Build 131

Housing – then and now

1 June 2012 , Build 130

Are there enough?

1 April 2012 , Build 129

Homes fit for a lifetime

1 February 2012 , Build 128

Measuring productivity

1 December 2011 , Build 127

Building costs

1 October 2011 , Build 126

Canterbury workloads

1 August 2011 , Build 125

Roof cladding tool for cost and environmental impact

1 June 2011 , Build 124

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Defects in new houses

1 April 2011 , Build 123

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Cost versus benefit of greater than Code insulation

1 August 2010 , Build 119

Construction industry productivity

1 June 2010 , Build 118

Retrofit and renovation trends

1 February 2010 , Build 116

Sustainable features grow in new houses

1 December 2009 , Build 115

Cladding life cycle calculator

1 October 2009 , Build 114

B114 Pg60 Fig 1

Housing affordability

1 October 2009 , Build 114

Retrofits and sustainability

1 August 2009 , Build 113

Commercial building trends

1 June 2009 , Build 112

Timber in new buildings

1 April 2009 , Build 111

Steel trends in buildings

1 February 2009 , Build 110

Cladding types in new buildings

1 December 2008 , Build 109

Building materials in new houses

1 August 2008 , Build 107

Where is housing affordability going?

1 June 2008 , Build 106

New housing expectations versus reality

1 June 2008 , Build 106

Renovate or demolish

1 April 2008 , Build 105

Efficiency measures in new houses

1 February 2008 , Build 104

What’s changing in housing needs

1 December 2007 , Build 103

Rising qualifications in ageing workforce

1 October 2007 , Build 102

Building Act considers life cycle costs

1 August 2007 , Build 101

The rise and fall of claddings

1 June 2007 , Build 100

Balancing cost and sustainability in cladding selection

1 April 2007 , Build 99

Spotlight on building categories

1 February 2007 , Build 98

Tradespeople in demand as licensing looms

1 December 2006 , Build 97

Home maintenance spending missing the mark

1 October 2006 , Build 96

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What is life cycle costing?

1 November 1998 , Build 49

Costs of concrete versus timber for domestic floors

1 January 1998 , Build 44