PHOTO: Areas outside major towns, such as the Kapiti Coast, are attracting ‘Zoom workers’. Photo: 123rf
Property analysts are predicting New Zealand’s beach towns will soon become ‘Zoom towns’ as remote working and cheaper property prices attract city workers out to the coast.
Earlier this month real estate agents on the West Coast reported a 57 percent increase in house prices as demand spiked.
QV general manager David Nagel said while New Zealand has had a lot of success in fighting the virus , many organisations are changing the way they work.
“For a lot of us, working five days in the office is a thing of the past.”
It’s led to people reconsidering where, and how, they live, he said.
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