Rental price indexes: January 2020
by Statistics New ZealandThe rental price indexes measure the changes in prices that households pay for housing rentals.
Key facts
Monthly change
In January 2020 compared with December 2019:
• The index for the stock measure of rental property prices rose 0.3 percent.
• The index for the flow measure of rental property prices was flat.
Annual change
In January 2020 compared with January 2019:
• The index for the stock measure of rental property prices increased 3.3 percent.
• The index for the flow measure of rental property prices increased 3.9 percent.
About the flow measure of rents
The flow measure of rents captures rental price changes only for dwellings that have a new bond lodged against them in the reference period. It tends to be more volatile than the stock measure, which shows rental price changes across the whole rental population, including renters currently in tenancies.
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