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More than 1000 new homes being completed in Auckland every month
Auckland's residential building boom continues, with new homes completed in February up 36% compared to a year earlier
14th Apr 21, 3:42pm
by Greg Ninness
50
Rural News
Future sheep prospects puzzling
Guy Trafford tries to make sense of the puzzle surrounding the global sheep flock, declining in areas we understand, but rising elsewhere
14th Apr 21, 8:04pm
Guy Trafford
News
What happened Wednesday
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday: RBNZ holds the line, get in quick for Kiwibank's term deposit rate increase, FMA spotlight on fees
14th Apr 21, 4:00pm
31
Gareth Vaughan
News
RBNZ leaves interest rates unchanged as expected
[Updated]
RBNZ leaves monetary policy settings as they are, noting it'll take 'considerable time and patience' to reach its inflation and employment targets 
14th Apr 21, 2:07pm
82
Jenée Tibshraeny
Property
Population growth from migration down by 80% in year to February
The number of New Zealand citizens returning long-term falls two thirds year-on-year
14th Apr 21, 11:58am
44
Greg Ninness
Property
More than 1000 new homes being completed in Auckland every month

Auckland's residential building boom continues, with new homes completed in February up 36% compared to a year earlier

14th Apr 21, 3:42pm
by Greg Ninness
50
Rural News
Future sheep prospects puzzling

Guy Trafford tries to make sense of the puzzle surrounding the global sheep flock, declining in areas we understand, but rising elsewhere

14th Apr 21, 8:04pm
by Guy Trafford
News
What happened Wednesday

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday: RBNZ holds the line, get in quick for Kiwibank's term deposit rate increase, FMA spotlight on fees

14th Apr 21, 4:00pm
by Gareth Vaughan
31
News
RBNZ leaves interest rates unchanged as expected
[Updated]

RBNZ leaves monetary policy settings as they are, noting it'll take 'considerable time and patience' to reach its inflation and employment targets 

14th Apr 21, 2:07pm
by Jenée Tibshraeny
82
Property
Population growth from migration down by 80% in year to February

The number of New Zealand citizens returning long-term falls two thirds year-on-year

14th Apr 21, 11:58am
by Greg Ninness
44
Property
Property
National proposes dangling cash before councils to incentivise more building consent issuance
National proposes giving councils $50,000 to spend on infrastructure for every building consent issued above historic averages
14th Apr 21, 6:56am
114
by Jenée Tibshraeny
114
Personal Finance
Personal Finance
FMA scrutiny could see some investment fund fees fall
FMA expects some investment fund fees to fall, as it releases guidance on how fund managers need to make the case they're providing value for money
14th Apr 21, 7:30am
3
by Jenée Tibshraeny
3
Banking
Banking
New RBNZ enforcement department headed by ex-APRA litigator
RBNZ unveils a new enforcement department and says it wants to 'transform into a flexible and proactive regulator'
14th Apr 21, 9:47am
by Gareth Vaughan
Business
Business
'Firms are finding it easier to pass on higher costs'
Latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion shows that supply chain disruptions 'are contributing to the intense cost pressures across most sectors'; inflation likely to rise
13th Apr 21, 10:23am
42
by David Hargreaves
42
News
Overseas student numbers declining quite rapidly, work visa numbers declining more slowly

13th Apr 21, 12:31pm
51
Greg Ninness
Personal Finance
Buy now pay later demand falls

13th Apr 21, 8:31am
2
David Hargreaves
Banking
Fitch revises big bank ratings to stable from negative, except Westpac NZ

13th Apr 21, 8:34am
2
Gareth Vaughan
News
Breakfast briefing: Inflation is arriving

14th Apr 21, 7:20am
90
David Hargreaves
Property
Overall sales rate at Barfoot & Thompson's auctions remains just above 50%

12th Apr 21, 2:45pm
63
Greg Ninness
News
Commerce & Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark unperturbed by Vivier situation

12th Apr 21, 2:27pm
5
Gareth Vaughan
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Westpac economists see no big increase in rents after housing policy changes
Westpac economists say landlords might be better off selling their property to the tenants rather than trying to push through large rent hikes
10th Apr 21, 10:00am
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David Hargreaves
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RBNZ to 'wait and see' before changing monetary policy settings
RBNZ expected to put the property investor crackdown, trans-Tasman bubble, slowing growth and higher inflation expectations aside, and take a breather before changing monetary policy 
11th Apr 21, 6:00am
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Property
Auction numbers remain strong but the sales rate is steadily declining
The number of properties being auctioned increased strongly over March but the number of properties sold at auction rose only slightly
10th Apr 21, 6:03am
58
Greg Ninness
Property
Overall sales rate at Barfoot & Thompson's auctions remains just above 50%
The auction sales rate dipped below 50% for properties in Waitakere and Auckland's leafy central suburbs
12th Apr 21, 2:45pm
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Personal Finance
The end of the post-lockdown sugar rush
Kiwibank economists say according to the bank's own transaction data, spending slumped 9% in the March quarter
8th Apr 21, 11:46am
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News
NZ citizens and residents in India temporarily banned from travelling to NZ
[Updated]
NZ citizens and residents in India barred from travelling to NZ between April 11 and 28, as COVID-19 cases in MIQ jump and a hotel security guard tests positive
8th Apr 21, 1:36pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny
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What happened Tuesday
[Updated]
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday: Govt claims world first, firms finding it easier to hike prices, new RBNZ department & more
13th Apr 21, 3:57pm
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Property
Westpac economists see no big increase in rents after housing policy changes

10th Apr 21, 10:00am
96
David Hargreaves
Auction numbers remain strong but the sales rate is steadily declining

10th Apr 21, 6:03am
58
Greg Ninness
Barfoot & Thompson had its best month ever in March
[Updated]

7th Apr 21, 10:40am
75
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Business
Air NZ capital raise delayed as Govt increases loan facility to $1.5 billion

9th Apr 21, 10:10am
18
Jenée Tibshraeny
Revenue Minister 'broadly supportive' of global minimum corporate tax rate

7th Apr 21, 5:36pm
25
Jenée Tibshraeny
Lessons from H&M’s fall in China

5th Apr 21, 8:59am
22
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Banking
RBNZ plans AML/CFT guidance for banks to avoid blanket de-risking of remittance providers

11th Apr 21, 7:00am
6
Gareth Vaughan
Mortgage deferrals: How are individual banks placed as the scheme ends?

8th Apr 21, 10:14am
14
Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank taps the RBNZ's FLP for another $100 million

31st Mar 21, 4:00pm
2
Gareth Vaughan
Insurance
Insurers warn it's risky buying a unit in a complex that doesn't have a body corp

27th Jan 21, 3:33pm
13
Jenée Tibshraeny
Government de-encryption move puts client data at risk

3rd Dec 20, 4:31pm
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Diana Clement
Several thousand coastal properties expected to be uninsurable in 30 years' time

2nd Dec 20, 7:39am
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Personal Finance
The end of the post-lockdown sugar rush

8th Apr 21, 11:46am
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David Hargreaves
HSBC ends its 1.99% one-year and 18-month fixed home loan rate offers

6th Apr 21, 3:55pm
6
David Chaston
Banks 'delighted' with mortgage deferral scheme’s 'success' as it winds down
[Updated]

31st Mar 21, 10:56am
16
Gareth Vaughan
Rural
Producing good food a winning strategy

10th Apr 21, 6:51pm
11
Guy Trafford
Time to be realistic with out-dated religious holiday restrictions

8th Apr 21, 9:14am
21
Guy Trafford
Pastoral Lands Bill hits rocky ground

7th Apr 21, 4:22pm
21
Keith Woodford
Currencies
NZD and AUD well supported

14th Apr 21, 7:50am
1
Jason Wong
Quiet start to a busy week

13th Apr 21, 7:13am
Jason Wong
NZD weaker, CNY stages comeback, as inflation numbers drive moves

12th Apr 21, 8:53am
Steven Dooley
Bonds
NZ Govt Bond tender number 763 results

8th Apr 21, 2:13pm
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NZ Govt Bond tender number 762 results

1st Apr 21, 2:31pm
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NZ Govt Bond tender number 761 results

25th Mar 21, 3:15pm
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Kiwisaver
Fund supermarket, InvestNow, makes game-changing expansion into KiwiSaver

13th Oct 20, 9:00am
4
Jenée Tibshraeny
KiwiSaver 1st-home buyer withdrawals up 25% in a year, fund switches double

1st Oct 20, 7:06pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny
In praise of KiwiSaver

14th Jul 20, 9:08am
18
Martin Hawes
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