The key question on the lips of first-home buyers will be: will house prices fall to the point of becoming affordable? Real Estate Institute figures for February show the median price was up 23 percent on a year ago, to $780,000. Finance Minister Grant Robertson says those increases are harmful. KiwiBank's chief economist Jarrod Kerr speaks to Māni Dunlop.
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