New figures show how pandemic lockdowns pushed up rents
	New figures show how pandemic lockdowns pushed up rents
    
	
    
	
	19 March 2025 
		
		
        
	
Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index reveals the weekly national median has jumped 25 percent since March 2020.
It's reached 640 dollars.
Property Customer Director, Gavin Lloyd, says in the intervening years, prices have moved a lot.
He says the biggest challenge post-lockdown was lack of rental properties - in an already very tight market.
	
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