7:45 am today

Cost of building new brick and tile house drops

From Morning Report, 7:45 am today

The cost of building a new single-storey brick and tile house has dropped for the first time in more than a decade. CoreLogic tracks construction costs and released its quarterly report this morning - which shows a one-point-one percent decrease in the three months to June. Chief property economist Kelvin Davidson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.