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Many Asian folk are known to buy residential property in Syndicates , its a major cultural difference...
Boatman Labour pushes bill curbing offshore house buyers
@factboy   ......When prices fall .....? What planet have you been living on mate ? How are prices...
Boatman Labour pushes bill curbing offshore house buyers
The Govt. has in effect bid up the price of their own land. We all knew that the Housing Accord would not...
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Plan B  you are thinking like a Kiwi , not a migrant . You have no idea how wide the gap is between your...
Boatman Labour pushes bill curbing offshore house buyers
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Boatman Labour pushes bill curbing offshore house buyers
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90 seconds at 9 am: Taper due

Updated 05 Dec 13, 7:33am, David Chaston
Good US data has markets expecting Fed tapering soon; big EU libor fines; yuan surpasses euro in world trade; NZ$1 = US$0.817 TWI = 77.0

'The wheels seem to be coming off'

04 Dec 13, 9:49am, David Chaston
The price of gold hits its lowest price in NZ dollars since November 2009; falls in US dollars accentuated by rise in currency

90 seconds at 9 am: It's all good news

04 Dec 13, 7:51am, David Chaston
Dairy prices jump, near record average prices; NZ 'least corrupt'; Brazil stumbles; gold down, oil up, AUD sinks; NZ$1 = US$0.825 TWI = 77.5

Monday's Top 10 at 10

02 Dec 13, 10:30am, David Chaston
Krugman; WFMDs; new Roubini warning; don't work from home; face reading, Rio closes alumina plant; Clarke & Dawe; Dilbert, and more

90 seconds at 9 am: Modest data everywhere

02 Dec 13, 7:41am, David Chaston
American holiday retail up 2.3%, China PMI 51.4, Japan CPI up 0.9%, Aust high LVR lending juices house prices; NZ$1 = US$0.813 TWI = 76.5

Friday's Top 10

29 Nov 13, 10:38am, David Chaston
A whisky bubble? the Scrooge McDuck problem; new slicing & dicing; parabolic gains; business overdrafts; Dilbert & more

Making SME working capital funding competitive

29 Nov 13, 9:39am, David Chaston
Our new calculator reveals the true costs of a business overdraft, and shows the level of potential savings

90 seconds at 9 am: Thanksgiving

29 Nov 13, 7:49am, David Chaston
US holiday retail season underway; BofE kills off housing support program; Germany has new govt; NZ$1 = US$0.812 TWI = 76.3

Coordinated land clearance

28 Nov 13, 10:58am, David Chaston
Insurers and CERA team up to clear Red Zone houses, Crown-owned ones to be gone by the end of next year

90 seconds at 9 am: Realignments

28 Nov 13, 7:28am, David Chaston
US jobless claims fall; German confidence rises; Berlusconi booted out; ECB and IMF worried; Bitcoin record; NZ$1 = US$0.813 TWI = 76.5

90 seconds at 9 am: China transition

27 Nov 13, 7:28am, David Chaston
US data very positive; Australia with productivity problems; China about to be our biggest trade partner; NZ$1 = US$0.818 TWI = 76.9

90 seconds at 9 am: Bubbles

26 Nov 13, 8:00am, David Chaston
Oil and gold fall; NASDAQ at 13 yr high; WTO fails again; China coal use grows; RBA talk down currency; NZ$1 = US$0.819 TWI = 77.0

We like 'local', even online

25 Nov 13, 4:12pm, David Chaston
Kiwi online retailers holding a 60% market share, holding off the challenge from the gigantic international online retailers

Monday's Top 10 at 10

25 Nov 13, 10:30am, David Chaston
Larry Summers challenges Asiaphoria; youth unemployment; another GFC movie; better KiwiSaver returns; intended consequences; Dilbert, and more

90 seconds at 9 am: Swiss say No

25 Nov 13, 7:18am, David Chaston
Swiss reject banker pay limits; UST benchmark rates rise; new equities records; gold falls; China allows consumer finance; NZ$1 = US$0.818 TWI = 76.9

More mortgage rate discounting

Updated 22 Nov 13, 5:06pm, David Chaston
ASB cuts rates for one and three year <80% LVR mortgages, matching rivals with market leading lows

No dairy land bubble

22 Nov 13, 1:13pm, David Chaston
Dairy land prices are not following commodity prices higher; rising dairy debt not from bidding up the price of land

90 seconds at 9 am: Yellen gets nod

22 Nov 13, 7:30am, David Chaston
Yellen gets approved; Japan ready for more QE; flash PMIs mixed; gold falls again; NZ$1 = US$0.821 TWI = 76.9

90 seconds at 9 am: Negative rates

21 Nov 13, 7:21am, David Chaston
Bernanke says rate rises not on horizon; ECB mulls negative rates; US data positive; low currency hurts Japan; NZ$1 = US$0.830 TWI = 77.5

Foreign currency home loans

20 Nov 13, 5:07pm, David Chaston
HSBC offers New Zealand home loans in any one of six international currencies, provided your main income is in that as well