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24 May 2004

BNZ campaign putting pressure on margins

Bank of New Zealand’s anti-broker campaign is having a significant impact on banking industry profit margins across the board, says Brian Hayr, senior manager of third party origination at National Bank.

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21 May 2004

BNZ not only bank to shun brokers

An Australian bank is taking the same path Bank of New Zealand has aggressively embarked on and has decided to stop dealing with mortgage brokers.

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20 May 2004

Mixed messages from the housing market

The latest housing market statistics show a somewhat contradictory picture of house prices hitting new records at while the number of sales fell sharply and the number of days it takes to sell a house increasing.

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17 May 2004

Plan aims to raise standards for its brokers

Mortgage broking aggregator Plan New Zealand will be aiming to raise the standards of its member brokers as a response to both an expected slowdown in the housing market and to the emergence of cut-price aggregators in Australia.

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