• Rising rents may be causing pain for tenants in Wellington and Auckland but soaring house prices are also hitting investors who buy into the current market.

Auckland’s average rent increase since 2012 was about 20 per cent – house price inflation was 34 per cent.

House price rises in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin were less spectacular while still outstripping rental growth.

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