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03 December 2019

Changes ahead for home buyers

From this Friday, home buyers who want to withdraw from a purchase the finance clause may be asked to provide evidence.

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02 December 2019

Rumour mill: Will banks reduce their test interest rates?

There’s currently much speculation about whether banks will reduce their test interest rates in 2020. What would be the impact if they do?

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29 November 2019

Change in the wind - an economic update

It wasn’t that long ago that most economists and experts were expecting the OCR to be as low as 0.25% by the end of 2020.

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28 November 2019

Loan-to-value restrictions to remain the same - RBNZ

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has stated that financial system vulnerabilities remain elevated and more effort is required to ensure that the system remains resilient over the longer-term.

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