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Friday, March 21st 2025
Four decades of 6-7% yearly house price growth ending
New Zealander’s reliance on property capital gains in the mid-single digits is at an end.
Fast-growing US property management franchise, Phenix Salon Suites, is looking to expand its global footprint into the New Zealand market.
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Friday, March 21st 2025
New Zealander’s reliance on property capital gains in the mid-single digits is at an end.
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Friday, January 31st 2025
It’s been years in the making and former real estate agent Mike Harvey is now coming to market with his platform matching buyers and sellers, an offering he says will be a gamechanger for the industry.
Wednesday, January 08th 2025
The newly enacted Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill will encourage more rental homes, provide greater clarity for landlords, and improve tenant accessibility, REINZ says.
Tuesday, August 13th 2024
The NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) shadow board is split over whether the Reserve Bank should drop the OCR tomorrow.
Monday, August 12th 2024
As most of the country’s economic indicators fall, the BNZ and Kiwibank are calling for an immediate OCR cut.
Thursday, July 04th 2024
Housing minister Chris Bishop has revealed plans to “flood the market” with enough land to end the country’s housing crisis.
Friday, June 14th 2024
It certainly has been a rollercoaster ride for the economy and markets over the past four years.
Thursday, May 23rd 2024
The Reserve Bank's latest monetary policy statement had good news and bad news for residential property owners.
Wednesday, February 28th 2024
The Monetary Policy Committee today agreed to hold the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50%.
Tuesday, January 23rd 2024
The Reserve Bank doesn't expect its proposed DTI restrictions to have a significant impact on house prices in the short-term.
Tuesday, January 23rd 2024
The Reserve Bank has reveled its proposed debt-to-income (DTI) restrictions alongside plans to loosen loan to value ratios (LVR) for residential lending.
Friday, July 28th 2023
The share of new mortgages to first home buyers rose for the third consecutive month to 24.4% last month, up slightly from 24.3% in May, the latest Reserve Bank figures show.
Friday, June 23rd 2023
Tenants should be consulting mortgage advisers in an effort to buy a house as rents skyrocket, says Tim Kearins, Century 21 New Zealand owner.
Monday, June 19th 2023
Economist Tony Alexander says New Zealand is about to experience “a period of rapid house price growth.”
Wednesday, May 10th 2023
When the New Zealand housing market turns as it has in Australia, a lot of people won’t understand it, says economist Tony Alexander.
Monday, April 17th 2023
New Zealand appears to be flinging open the immigration doors again.
Wednesday, April 05th 2023
The Monetary Policy Committee today increased the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points, from 4.75 percent to 5.25 percent.
Thursday, March 30th 2023
Mortgage lending is still in the doldrums with the $3.8 billion borrowed last month, the lowest since records began in 2013.
Friday, March 10th 2023
Property development company Du Val Capital Partners suspension of cash distributions to investors in the company’s mortgage fund has drawn a formal warning from the FMA for misleading conduct.
Wednesday, January 25th 2023
Economists are worried about inflation that has remained stubbornly high at 7.2% in the year to December.
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.29 |
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 4.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.89 |
| ANZ Special | 4.99 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.99 |
| ASB Bank | 4.99 |
| TSB Special | 4.99 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.99 |
| Westpac Special | 4.99 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.99 |
| ICBC | 4.99 |
| Wairarapa Building Society | 4.75 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.97 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.99 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.99 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.99 |
| Unity | 4.99 |
| TSB Special | 4.99 |
| ANZ Special | 4.99 |
| ASB Bank | 4.99 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.99 |
| Westpac Special | 4.99 |
| Westpac Special | 5.39 |
| ICBC | 5.49 |
| BNZ - Classic | 5.59 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.69 |
| ASB Bank | 5.69 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.69 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.79 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.79 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.79 |
| TSB Special | 5.89 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.19 |
| AIA - Back My Build | 4.44 |
| CFML 321 Loans | 5.25 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.95 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 5.95 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 6.25 |
| Kainga Ora | 6.44 |
| Kiwibank Special | 6.50 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 6.50 |
| ICBC | 6.50 |
| Kiwibank | 6.50 |
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