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18 July 2024

Inflation tracking as hoped, market still anticipating OCR fall in November

Weak economic data continues to pour in, and with the latest inflation figures coming in lower than expected, it looks increasingl...

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12 July 2024

Despite no change to OCR, signs suggest we're edging closer to rate falls

The OCR has remained unchanged this week, but it's not all bad news as the RBNZ shares its prediction that inflation should be bac...

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05 July 2024

Market changes its tune on future of interest rates amid weak economic data

The numbers all point to recession, and now the market is increasingly expecting rate falls by the end of the year. So, what will ...

25 May 2021

Mortgage interest rates are set to rise

In New Zealand the current general expectation is that this removal of the sugar bowl will commence in the second half of next year. One or two forecasters are suggesting the first half.

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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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01 October 2020

A shift in longer term rates

ASB is the latest bank to drop their 4 and 5 year mortgage rates below 3%, joining BNZ and Westpac at 2.99% and it won't be long before the other banks follow suit.

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20 April 2020

Does a mortgage holiday affect your credit score?

During the lockdown, many New Zealanders financially affected by Covid-19 have been taking up the banks' offers of going on a mortgage holiday (also referred to as a repayment deferral).

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