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11 February 2021

New borrowers will pay more

If borrowers are approaching taking on a new mortgage with a view (conscious or not) that rates tend to fall over time and debt management is made easy, they had best think again.

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03 February 2021

Higher interest rates for property investors unlikely

Reserve Bank decide it will help first home buyers by slugging investors regardless of their risk profile? No; they are not charged with social engineering. If the Government wants to bias the housing market, it will need to make its own changes.

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18 January 2021

Shifting interest rate risks

Welcome to 2021 and another year when in all probability house prices will continue to rise at a strong pace, with a key driving factor continuing to be record low interest rates.

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17 December 2020

Record low rates will one day end

Let’s have a look back at the year and what has happened in the area of interest rates, and where things are likely to go.

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