Personal Finance / Analysis
Personal Finance / Analysis
5th Feb 26, 8:30am
Record surge in amount of mortgage money moving to fixed rates in December as homeowners digested Reserve Bank's November OCR announcement and then acted - decisively
Property / News
Property / News
5th Feb 26, 12:01am
by Greg Ninness
Little movement in housing values at the start of the year as buyers remain cautious, Cotality Home Value Index shows
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Currencies / Analysis
Currencies / Analysis
5th Feb 26, 7:45am
US equity markets were mixed, with a continued rotation out of technology stocks. US Treasuries stable with limited reaction to a firm services ISM. US dollar broadly stronger
Insurance / News
Insurance / News
4th Feb 26, 9:31am
by Mandy Te
Quashed data shows people who auto-renew insurance pay more than those who switch as government launches probe into insurance affordability
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Personal Finance / Analysis
3rd Feb 26, 9:02am
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BNZ matches Westpac with a rate cut to its six month fixed home loan rate, but it raises its four and five year fixed rates in response to fast-rising wholesale costs
Personal Finance / Analysis
29th Jan 26, 4:25pm
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Westpac is the next to move its mortgage rate card up, with two exceptions. They won't be the last as a new rate hiking cycle gets underway
Personal Finance / Analysis
3rd Feb 26, 5:43pm
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ANZ doesn't hold back with its latest fixed mortgage rate increases, raising all two years and longer. But they did also raise TD rates at the same time, even if it was for terms savers avoid
Business / News
3rd Feb 26, 5:00am
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Credit bureau Centrix says there were nearly 3000 company liquidations last year - the most since 2010 in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis
Property / Analysis
31st Jan 26, 9:00am
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Average size of mortgages approved to first home buyers is almost $600,000 and more than 40% are low equity loans
Personal Finance / News
2nd Feb 26, 1:41pm
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BNZ's Mike Jones says the cash flow release from mortgage repricing will remain a support for the economic recovery this year, albeit a dissipating one
Economy / News
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4th Feb 26, 11:11am
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Increase in labour market 'participation rate' sees the overall unemployment rate rise, contrary to virtually all expectations; Stats NZ says both the unemployment rate and the employment rate rose