Economy / News
Economy / News
[updated]
4th Feb 26, 11:11am
by Mandy Te
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
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
Economy / News
Economy / News
4th Feb 26, 9:45am
The struggling retailer says its current cost base 'is not sustainable for a value retailer'
Economy / Opinion
Economy / Opinion
4th Feb 26, 11:18am
by Ross Stitt
Ross Stitt wonders what is happening to Australia's 'luck' when public policies (of both parties) are generating an unsustainable future requiring increasing cost of living relief, that seems to be making a balanced future harder to achieve
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Property / News
Property / News
3rd Feb 26, 10:27am
3
by Greg Ninness
3
Barfoot & Thompson's sales numbers and median selling price both rise in January, inventory still high
Property / News
Property / News
3rd Feb 26, 12:16pm
2
by Greg Ninness
2
Latest consent figures suggest reasonable growth in residential construction, non-residential building work still in decline
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Personal Finance / Analysis
29th Jan 26, 4:25pm
2
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
Property / News
[updated]
28th Jan 26, 12:10pm
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ANZ NZ cuts house price growth forecast citing a lack of near-term momentum in the market
Personal Finance / Analysis
3rd Feb 26, 9:02am
18
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
3rd Feb 26, 5:43pm
2
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
10
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
15
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
1
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