Comparing house price trajectory to the predicted cost of building on Mars also allowed a “light-hearted approach” to analysing the market, rather than the “deeper, more anger-type arguments” that could spring up, Broadly said. “Kind of our underlying joke is that’s how bad we think it is, that rather than saying renters vs. homeowners let’s take it to a whole different argument that doesn’t bring that political lens to it.” Data Ventures/Stuff The working behind Data Ventures findings that it may be cheaper in future to build on Mars than buy in NZ. “You can see this isn’t sustainable for anyone,” Broadly said.