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LJ Hooker and Dempster part company
The partnership between rebel non-lawyer conveyancer Lester Dempster and Australian-owned real estate firm LJ Hooker has ended over differences over the way the work was handled.
Why are NZ rates higher than those in Australia?
A cursory glance across the Tasman gives the impression that Australian mortgage holders are in much the same boat as their New Zealand counterparts.
Another non-bank lender enters mortgage arena
New Zealand’s non-bank mortgage lenders may not have achieved the success their Australian counterparts have, but that hasn’t deterred one new entrant.
Mortgage borrowing accelerated in March
New Zealanders borrowed an additional $761 million in mortgages in March, bringing the total owed on housing to $69.502 billion, according to the latest Reserve Bank figures.
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