The John Kenel Show
by John Kenel
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Will NZ's New Housing Policies Make The Housing Crisis Worse?
Will NZ's New Housing Policies Make The Housing Crisis Worse?
About this podcast
Straight talk on property, money, and getting ahead in New Zealand.
John Kenel has spent over 20 years developing property and 27 years investing in it. More than 1,000 homes built. On this show he breaks down the property market, development, and money the way it actually works, not the way the system wants you to see it.
No jargon. No fluff. No spin. Just real talk for tradies, investors, business owners, and everyday Kiwis who want more freedom and more control over their lives.
If you've ever felt like the rules are stacked against ordinary people trying to get ahead, this is for you.
New episodes regularly. Education only, not financial advice.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 63 episodes
- Will NZ's New Housing Policies Make The Housing Crisis Worse? · 8 min · Episode 65A smaller deposit can get you into a home sooner. But it doesn’t make the house cheaper. I’ve built over a thousand homes. Here’s my take on the housing promises, the costs that…
- NZ Election 2026: What Every Voter Needs To Know About MMP · 10 min · Episode 64You've got two ticks on the ballot paper. One chooses your local MP. The other largely determines how many seats your chosen party gets, if it qualifies. I work through the…
- NZ's Economy Is Turning: Housing Recovery, Auckland Pricing & New Planning Laws · 1 h 20 min · Episode 63Can New Zealand build its way out of this slump? And what happens when AI changes how we work faster than the property market recovers? Andrew Crosby joins me for a conversation…
- What NZ’s Largest Mortgage Broker Really Sees Happening in Property Right Now · 1 h 7 min · Episode 62John Bolton is the founder of Squirrel, New Zealand’s largest mortgage broker doing around $3 billion in mortgages annually, and one of the country’s biggest non-bank…
- How A Council Could Halve Your Building's Value Overnight · 20 min · Episode 61An election policy announced on Sunday would change how commercial leases work in New Zealand. Two parts. Rent reviews on leases already signed could go down, not just up. And if…
- Why Socialism Suddenly Sounds Attractive (A Property Developer's Honest Take) · 16 min · Episode 60More young New Zealanders are looking at the housing market and deciding the system's rigged. In plenty of ways, they're right. I've been building houses for over 20 years and…
- Is UBI Really the Answer for New Zealand? Universal Basic Income Explained · 25 min · Episode 59Governments around the world are talking about paying you to exist. It's called a universal basic income, and AI is the reason it's back on the table. In this episode I look at…
- Removing Investors Won’t Fix NZ’s Housing Crisis: Here's Why · 17 min · Episode 58Someone commented that developers are deluded and my 695,000 home was a ripoff. Fair enough, I've heard worse. But it got me onto the argument I have nearly every day: get…
- NZ Property Market Is Near the Bottom: What Happens Next? · 1 h 4 min · Episode 57John Kenel sits down with John Bolton from Squirrel, New Zealand’s biggest mortgage broker. What’s getting funded, what’s getting declined, and why? They discuss the OCR at…
- Kiwi's Are Working Harder But Falling Further Behind · 26 min · Episode 56You're not falling behind because you're lazy or doing something wrong, the ground has genuinely shifted under ordinary Kiwis and nobody's bothered to explain why. Power up 12%…
- NZ's Inheritance Tax: The Government's Cut of Your Life's Work · 9 min · Episode 55The Greens are calling it a capital acquisitions tax because inheritance tax doesn't poll well, but whatever you call it, it means the government takes a third of what you've…
- New Zealand Must Learn From Australia's Tax Changes · 13 min · Episode 54Its time New Zealand start taking a look at Australia's tax changes and learn from them, both their mistakes and what they do well... Get finance for your property development…
- New Zealand's Pension Problem Is Bigger Than You Think · 14 min · Episode 53New Zealand's pension system is heading for a cliff. In 1965, seven working-age people supported every retiree. Today it's four workers per retiree. By 2065, it'll be two workers…
- What If NZ Interest Rates Go UP From Here? · 15 min · Episode 52Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances…
- Record Kiwi Leaving: Why Im Still Optimistic · 10 min · Episode 51Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances…
- NZ Property Development Market Has Changed: Here's What To Do Now · 59 min · Episode 50Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances…
- NZ Property Development Market Has Changed: Here's What To Do Now · 59 min · Episode 49Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances…
- What NZ Councils Aren’t Telling You About Water Reforms · 33 min · Episode 48Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances…
- Why Capping Rent Won't Work In New Zealand · 9 min · Episode 47Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances…
- Whats Actually Happening with NZ Property Lending · 24 min · Episode 46Get finance for your property development with Squirrel: https://funding.tpdc.nz/ Sign up to my FREE weekly newsletter to improve your finances…
