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Showcase Auckland hotel Westin Lighter Quay in chaos

One of Auckland's top hotels, the Westin Lighter Quay, is in chaos as unit titleholders and receivers square off over access to and revenue from 114 of its 172 rooms and its bar, restaurant and retail areas. More...

Housing consents fall

The residential property sector has slipped in July after edging into positive figures in the previous month, however commercial property development continued its precipitous decline. More...

Economist pushes out dates for next OCR hikes

One economist has pushed out the date for the Reserve Bank’s next official cash rate hike citing recent downgrades to its forecasts for global GDP growth, including in Australia and New Zealand. More...

Blog: Signs property market is warming

The little theme of this week’s newsletter is about looking ahead at the property market and what is happening. Pondering the market is something we often do and it is worth addressing again as there is so much uncertainty and change. While the news has been pretty gloomy and the housing market appears to be dead, [...] More...

Property investors need be careful with family trusts

Property investors need to take a more active role in overseeing their family trusts to ensure they are both compliant and achieving their objectives, according to New Zealand Trustee Services director Jonathan Cron. More...

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Today's Mortgage Rates

Thursday, September 2nd, 8:56PM

ASB and Bank Direct have shaved five points off their two-year fixed rates and 10 points off their three year rates bringing them down to 6.70% and 7.10% respectively. Sovereign has dropped its rates by the same amount.

The changes put ASB in line with the most its competitors, rather than leading rates lower.

Tauranga: Investing in sunshine

In little over 25 years, sunny Tauranga city, Bay of Plenty's largest populated centre, has tripled in size. With a population estimate of 118,200, it is the ninth largest New Zealand city and the centre of the country's fifth largest urban area. But has a cloud descended on the popular lifestyle city's property market? QV research director, Jonno Ingerson and Tauranga QV valuer, Shayne Donovan-Grammar, say that unlike many of the other main centres, there has been very little recovery in values More...