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    That could be a very good article. Exposé on the politicians housing investments. Then...
notch RBNZ goes with banks' 'preferred' LVR cap approach
Stephen Hulme: Banks. Collection Plates. I've said it before. At least 3 times. I'll keep repeating...
iconoclast Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
People who own their own home are more engaged and more invested in their community.  Home ownership...
Julz Curbs on foreign housing investment?
In Auckland next year the new CV's will come out - these 2014 CV figures will be at least 30% to 40% up...
bigblue Let's get rid of property CVs
When was the last nz govt to really care for young kiwis? Somewhere in the distant past. It's a bloody...
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...
Julz Curbs on foreign housing investment?
Wolly - many of the pollies and the councillors are heavily invested into real estate! 
bigblue RBNZ goes with banks' 'preferred' LVR cap approach
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?
Bottom line, if the scheme cannot keep a running cost of less than $650 per hectare on 90% reliability then...
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NZ$ at 6-month low against US$

20 May 13, 9:03am, Dan Bell
US$ stronger in response to US consumer sentiment hitting 6-year high; NZ$/US$ cross rate down 2.5% last week

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

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%

'Budget highlights reliance on foreign savings'

Updated 16 May 13, 3:36pm, Gareth Vaughan
Fitch says Budget encouraging; Moody's says it highlights NZ's main vulnerability being reliance on external saving to fund investment;  Labour labels it a ‘blackjack’ Budget

Small budget surplus in 2014/15

16 May 13, 2:04pm, Bernard Hickey
NZ Govt forecasts NZ$75 mln surplus in 2014/15; Macro-prudential tools deal signed; NZSF contributions delayed 2 yrs; Central govt may directly issue housing consents

Purse strings loosened in Budget 2013

16 May 13, 8:24am, Bernard Hickey
Bill English set to deliver budget with around NZ$800 million of discretionary net new spending as firmer economy gives Govt more leeway 18 mths before election; Meridian float?

NZ debt among world's safest

15 May 13, 12:19pm, Gareth Vaughan
New Zealand the world's ninth safest sovereign credit risk, according to credit rating agency Standard & Poor's

'NZ economy recovering' - CBA

15 May 13, 11:01am, Gareth Vaughan
Parent Commonwealth Bank of Australia says the pace of ASB's residential mortgage & business lending growth remained above overall market growth in the March quarter

How the RBNZ's OBR might work

14 May 13, 9:39am, Gareth Vaughan
If a bank failed and the Open Bank Resolution Policy was implemented, how would it affect bank depositors, bondholders and shareholders?