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

ANZ NZ cuts house price growth forecast citing a lack of near-term momentum in the market

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

Average size of mortgages approved to first home buyers is almost $600,000 and more than 40% are low equity loans

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

Antipodean politicians will either construct a post-neoliberal future or see their own futures sliding away

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; ASB hikes long mortgage rates, personal loan stress rises, more tractors sold, NZ Post to cut branches, December credit card billings limp, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more