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03 July 2020

Banks yet to come to the party

The RBNZ recently removed loan-to-value ratio rules, but banks are yet to pass this on to home buyers. In fact, borrowers are having to jump through more hoops than usual.

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26 June 2020

Guest post: The next housing boom

Squirrel's CEO John Bolton says that after a short hiatus and a 5%-10% fall in house prices, we could stretch into what might be the last great housing boom. Here's why.

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17 June 2020

A six-decade journey for NZ interest rates

About three-quarters of all residential properties in New Zealand have a mortgage over them, amounting to almost $300 billion. So, what happens with interest rates can have a big impact on the willingness and ability of most Kiwis to spend and save.

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22 May 2020

The rate drop we didn't see coming

It started with ANZ slashing their rates and now the other mainstream banks are jumping on the bandwagon, each with different approaches.

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