25 November 2024
Ref: DOIA-REQ-0006354
Sarah Bierre
Emai
l: [FYI request #29171 email] Tēnā koe Sarah
Thank you for your email of 13 November 2024 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
I would like to understand current data on the number of landlords in NZ. 1. How many current bonds are lodged? 2. Can I have the breakdown of number of bonds lodged per landlord? e.g How many have 1, 2, 3,
4, 5-9, 10-14 15-19, 20+ 3. I would like to exclude public and community housing. If this is not possible, please include
these landlords in a separate category: Kāinga Ora, Salvation Army, Te Āhuru Mōwai, Accessible
properties, Te Toi Mahana, Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT), TRC (Tāmaki
Regeneration Company). 4. What percentage of the total number of private rentals in NZ are owned by landlords that own
2+ and 3+ properties? (This could use bond data).
Please find this data attached.
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please contact
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www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Ota Savaiinaea
Operations Manager, Tenancy Bond Services
Building and Tenancy
ACTIVE BONDS
Total Landlords
Group
Landlord
1
2
3
4
5 - 9
10 - 14
15 - 19
20+
Private
Private Company
9,747
2,565
1,012
553
818
229
105
365
15,394
Private Owner
61,865
10,287
3,010
1,296
1,469
191
62
70
78,250
Private Trust
7,441
1,622
610
315
434
95
40
48
10,605
Property Management
492
179
105
73
189
104
54
1,020
2,216
Company
Private*
9,733
461
60
0
0
0
0
10,254
Private Total
89,278
15,114
4,797
2,237
2,910
619
261
1,503
116,719
%
76.49%
12.95%
4.11%
1.92%
2.49%
0.53%
0.22%
1.29%
Please note the following regarding this data:
• The ‘Active bonds’ figure may may include bonds with a current claim being processed, or bonds that are no longer active, but no claim has been
recevied to date.
• The ‘Active bonds’ figure may include mutiple bonds for the same property address, or bonds for separate Rooms, for each landlord type.
• Private * Landlord types are older landlord types still to be reclassified to current landlord types.
• The number of landlords is based on the Unique Landlord Names, resulting in separate offices/branches of larger landlords being counted
individually.