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Rates change all the time. Keep up to date with the latest activity so you can manage your mortgage and pay-it-off faster.
BNZ offering next-to-no low-deposit loans
BNZ says it is doing barely any lending to borrowers with a deposit of less than 20%.
Dollar concerns RBNZ
New Zealand’s exchange rate is a concern for the Reserve Bank and could mean a change in the official cash rate is further away than had been predicted.
OCR decision a balance of dollar vs inflation
We won’t get an official cash rate increase this month, but it may not be far off, economists say.
Lending rates slowing
New housing loan approvals data from the Reserve Bank shows that the number of people being issued mortgages is dropping substantially.
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