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26 June 2025

Mortgage rates trucking along as is for now

It's all looking pretty quiet on the interest rates front at the moment. While shorter-term rates are expected to fall a little fu...

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12 June 2025

Competition keeping mortgage rates in check, despite rise in wholesale rates

Wholesale rates have gone up slightly in the wake of our latest 0.25% OCR cut, raising concerns that mortgage rates may follow sui...

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29 May 2025

Another OCR cut in the bag—and we're almost at the bottom of the rate cycle

The Reserve Bank dropped the OCR by a further 0.25% this week, down to 3.25%—meaning we're now within reaching distance of the bot...

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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04 September 2019

"Kiwibuild was a lever, not an outcome"

The Government announced that they would be dropping the 100,000 KiwiBuild homes in 10 years scheme, describing the plan as "overly ambitious".

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31 August 2019

More homes set to enter the Auckland market

According to Statistics NZ and interest.co.nz, the number of new dwellings being consented in Auckland has doubled over the last five years.

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