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People who own their own home are more engaged and more invested in their community.  Home ownership...
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In Auckland next year the new CV's will come out - these 2014 CV figures will be at least 30% to 40% up...
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Matt in Auck Curbs on foreign housing investment?
Most people would considered those of us who are wealthy to be the "privileged"   If it eases...
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Wolly - many of the pollies and the councillors are heavily invested into real estate! 
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The BNZ survey was flawed - a small selection of real estate agents surveyed. Most of the top salespeople at...
bigblue Curbs on foreign housing investment?
Now as an investor a capital gains tax would not bother me in the slightest. If the family home were exempt I...
bigblue Curbs on foreign housing investment?
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Key sees haircuts for Solid Energy's banks

20 May 13, 4:47pm, Bernard Hickey
PM Key downbeat on Solid Energy's future after Korda Mentha report arrives; says it probably has no equity and he expects banks will have to take haircuts on NZ$389 mln of debt

RBNZ goes with banks' 'preferred' LVR cap approach

20 May 13, 4:18pm, Gareth Vaughan
RBNZ chooses 'speed limits' and 'tiered limits' to contain banks' high LVR loans rather than outright caps on high LVR lending; Says it has no mandate to improve housing affordability

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

20 May 13, 9:53am, Bernard Hickey
OECD reckons NZ's GFC was as bad as Greece's; Drums beating for limits on non-resident purchases of NZ homes; NZ's scandalous workplace safety; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am: Americans confident

20 May 13, 8:51am, David Chaston
Bernanke upbeat; US consumers confident; China's house prices rise; Aussie home loan war; China buying local electricity systems; NZ$1 = US$0.806 TWI = 76.3

Bond yields driven lower

20 May 13, 8:43am, bnzeconomists
Investors pile into longer dated NZ bonds causing flattening bias to yield curve

NZ Govt Bond tender number 494 results

17 May 13, 2:58pm, Craig Simpson
Latest bond tender of NZ$120 mln received bids for NZ$480 mln with 10 year bonds yielding an average of 3.3583%

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

17 May 13, 2:12pm, Bernard Hickey
Canada's housing bubble beginning to leak after high LVR limits imposed; How Canadians avoid those rules; Low interest rates keep zombies alive; Peter Thiel and Bitcoin; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

Big inflation-indexed bond issuance

17 May 13, 8:53am, Guest
Government borrowing program will be $3 bln lower over next the five years: NZDMO

90 seconds at 9 am: Downgrades coming ?

17 May 13, 8:48am, David Chaston
S&P concerned about smaller NZ banks and housing risks; US economy slowing, inflation vanishes; Japan growth shines; NZ$1 = US$0.818 TWI = 76.9

Net $10 bln of bonds to be issued

17 May 13, 8:10am, bnzeconomists
Budget confirms bond issuance for next 12 months; DMO's desire is for inflation-indexed bonds to reach up to 20% of outstanding bonds
17 May 13, 8:03am S&P may cut TSB, Co-op, Heartland ratings
16 May 13, 3:36pm 'Budget highlights reliance on foreign savings'
16 May 13, 2:04pm Small budget surplus in 2014/15
16 May 13, 10:42am Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
16 May 13, 8:44am 90 seconds at 9 am: Sinking data
16 May 13, 8:24am Purse strings loosened in Budget 2013
15 May 13, 2:23pm LGFA Bond tender number 12 results
15 May 13, 12:19pm NZ debt among world's safest
15 May 13, 11:01am 'NZ economy recovering' - CBA
15 May 13, 10:28am Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
15 May 13, 8:47am 90 seconds at 9 am: Market jungle juice
15 May 13, 8:30am Foreigners own more NZ bonds
14 May 13, 10:08am Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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