Joseph Darby says rising costs have widened the gap between what a tenant pays and what their house costs to provide with the owner paying the difference. Why does the shortfall exist, and what's the return landlords need to justify it?

Keith Woodford says exports and population will interact to determine New Zealand’s future in a resource-constrained environment distant from world markets. There are no easy answers

Solid growth in overseas student and foreign worker numbers, fewer residence visas being approved

I went to a panel on the Super Age to try and get my head around the issue. I left way more confused

Reserve Bank orders TSB to get independent review of capital and liquidity ratios ahead of proposed TSB-Heartland merger, Heartland says it takes regulatory matters 'very seriously' and will consider any implications for the proposed merger

Rising mortgage rates are more than offsetting falling prices at the affordable end of the housing market

The spring real estate selling season is not going to get encouragement from home loan rates as another main bank raises most fixed rates on the same day benchmark bond rates took a sharp turn up