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What happened Friday
[Updated]
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; mortgage rate changes, higher credit card use, lower balances, credit conditions easier, swaps stable, NZD soft, bitcoin slumps, & more
23rd Apr 21, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
30
Personal Finance
RBNZ to add statutory bail-in to its bank failure toolkit
Beefed up RBNZ bank failure powers under the incoming Deposit Takers Act to include statutory bail-in and statutory management 
23rd Apr 21, 2:33pm
20
Gareth Vaughan
Personal Finance
ASB cuts 1-year home loan rate, raises 3, 4, and 5-year rates. Westpac follows
[Updated]
Home loan heavyweight ASB trims some short-term fixed rates and raises some longer-term fixed mortgage rates as background wholesale rates shift under varying influences. Westpac follows
23rd Apr 21, 9:49am
33
David Chaston
Property
Auckland waterfront apartment sells for $5000
[Updated]
The opening bid for a waterfront apartment in downtown Auckland was just $500 and it sold under the hammer for $5000
23rd Apr 21, 10:27am
23
Greg Ninness
Property
Existing home owners have done very nicely out of falling interest rates & rising house prices
Current market conditions make moving up the property ladder an extremely affordable proposition for existing home owners, Interest.co.nz's Home Loan Affordability Report shows
23rd Apr 21, 5:00am
94
Greg Ninness
News
What happened Friday
[Updated]

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; mortgage rate changes, higher credit card use, lower balances, credit conditions easier, swaps stable, NZD soft, bitcoin slumps, & more

23rd Apr 21, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
30
Personal Finance
RBNZ to add statutory bail-in to its bank failure toolkit

Beefed up RBNZ bank failure powers under the incoming Deposit Takers Act to include statutory bail-in and statutory management 

23rd Apr 21, 2:33pm
by Gareth Vaughan
20
Personal Finance
ASB cuts 1-year home loan rate, raises 3, 4, and 5-year rates. Westpac follows
[Updated]

Home loan heavyweight ASB trims some short-term fixed rates and raises some longer-term fixed mortgage rates as background wholesale rates shift under varying influences. Westpac follows

23rd Apr 21, 9:49am
by David Chaston
33
Property
Auckland waterfront apartment sells for $5000
[Updated]

The opening bid for a waterfront apartment in downtown Auckland was just $500 and it sold under the hammer for $5000

23rd Apr 21, 10:27am
by Greg Ninness
23
Property
Existing home owners have done very nicely out of falling interest rates & rising house prices

Current market conditions make moving up the property ladder an extremely affordable proposition for existing home owners, Interest.co.nz's Home Loan Affordability Report shows

23rd Apr 21, 5:00am
by Greg Ninness
94
News
News
Local government review to probe what it does, how it does it & how it pays for it
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta says review will focus on how New Zealand's system of local democracy needs to evolve over the next 30 years
23rd Apr 21, 10:43am
20
by admin
20
Banking
Banking
'Legitimate interest of elected representatives' addressed in RBNZ Act review
Finance Minister Grant Robertson unveils a a new process for setting lending restrictions, which introduces what appears to be a more active role for the Minister of Finance
22nd Apr 21, 12:37pm
42
by Gareth Vaughan
42
Business
Business
Recovery into conflict
David Mahon has been to eight cities and many farms and factories in the last four weeks on his return to China, finding a confident, assertive country well-adjusted to post-COVID life
22nd Apr 21, 9:55am
44
by David Mahon
44
Currencies
Currencies
NZD slips as greenback firms
Equities fall after reports that Biden will hike capital gains tax. Little change in global rates. ECB President Lagarde pushes back at taper talk. More cautious risk appetite sees USD stronger
23rd Apr 21, 7:56am
by Nick Smyth
Banking
Govt doubles coverage of proposed deposit insurance scheme to $100k
[Updated]

22nd Apr 21, 10:00am
46
Jenée Tibshraeny
Rural News
A2 moves from a brand to a category

22nd Apr 21, 10:17am
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Keith Woodford
News
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23rd Apr 21, 7:23am
43
David Chaston
Property
'Mortgage rate increases now even scarier for the housing market'

21st Apr 21, 2:58pm
81
David Hargreaves
Business
Higher fuel and housing costs drive inflation

21st Apr 21, 11:13am
60
David Hargreaves
Rural News
Dairy prices 'to remain stronger for longer'

21st Apr 21, 3:50pm
5
David Hargreaves
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'Mortgage rate increases now even scarier for the housing market'
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Property
Auckland waterfront apartment sells for $5000
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The opening bid for a waterfront apartment in downtown Auckland was just $500 and it sold under the hammer for $5000
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ASB cuts 1-year home loan rate, raises 3, 4, and 5-year rates. Westpac follows
[Updated]
Home loan heavyweight ASB trims some short-term fixed rates and raises some longer-term fixed mortgage rates as background wholesale rates shift under varying influences. Westpac follows
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