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What happened Wednesday
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday: more rate cuts, rising dairy prices, Westpac holds reputation hand grenade, lower farm sales, higher house price expectations, swaps lower, NZD firm, & more
20th Nov 19, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
Banking
RBNZ watching Aussie AML case for any relevance to Westpac NZ
[Updated]
Australian anti-money laundering regulator alleges more than 23 million contraventions of the law by Westpac Banking Corporation with the RBNZ 'looking closely' for any relevance to Westpac NZ
20th Nov 19, 2:04pm
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Gareth Vaughan
Property
The housing market is awakening
Households are now increasingly expecting house price rises, while economists are tweaking their house price expectations upwards
20th Nov 19, 4:33pm
73
David Hargreaves
Rural News
REINZ blasts the Government and banks after sharp drop in farm sales
Real Estate Institute of New Zealand says banks are making life more difficult for rural borrowers, risking a major drop in farm values
20th Nov 19, 3:54pm
12
Greg Ninness
Rural News
Milk price coming to the boil
Further gains in global dairy prices are increasing the chances of a Fonterra milk price of over $7 per kilogram of milk solids this season
20th Nov 19, 2:02pm
7
David Hargreaves
News
What happened Wednesday

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday: more rate cuts, rising dairy prices, Westpac holds reputation hand grenade, lower farm sales, higher house price expectations, swaps lower, NZD firm, & more

20th Nov 19, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
Banking
RBNZ watching Aussie AML case for any relevance to Westpac NZ
[Updated]

Australian anti-money laundering regulator alleges more than 23 million contraventions of the law by Westpac Banking Corporation with the RBNZ 'looking closely' for any relevance to Westpac NZ

20th Nov 19, 2:04pm
by Gareth Vaughan
30
Property
The housing market is awakening

Households are now increasingly expecting house price rises, while economists are tweaking their house price expectations upwards

20th Nov 19, 4:33pm
by David Hargreaves
73
Rural News
REINZ blasts the Government and banks after sharp drop in farm sales

Real Estate Institute of New Zealand says banks are making life more difficult for rural borrowers, risking a major drop in farm values

20th Nov 19, 3:54pm
by Greg Ninness
12
Rural News
Milk price coming to the boil

Further gains in global dairy prices are increasing the chances of a Fonterra milk price of over $7 per kilogram of milk solids this season

20th Nov 19, 2:02pm
by David Hargreaves
7
Property
Property
The number of new homes being completed in Auckland continues to rise strongly
New home completions in Auckland up 25% on a year ago
20th Nov 19, 8:50am
57
by Greg Ninness
57
Opinion
Opinion
Could a snap election protect Ardern from her deputy?
Danyl Mclauchlan on why having an early election might be better for Labour and the Greens than enduring another year of NZ First drama
19th Nov 19, 7:22pm
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by Guest
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News
News
90 seconds at 9 am: Dairy prices rise again
Dairy prices rise; US housing starts up; Canada rail on strike; China steel output falls; RBA was close to cutting; OECD growth dims; UST 10yr yield at 1.78%; oil down and gold unchanged; NZ$1 = 64.3 USc; TWI-5 = 69.4
20th Nov 19, 7:22am
73
by David Chaston
73
Personal Finance
Personal Finance
ANZ cuts home loan rate
[Updated]
New Zealand's largest home loan bank has chosen to match the hot one year rate offer from the smallest of their major home loan rivals as wholesale rates stay low
19th Nov 19, 2:41pm
19
by David Chaston
19
Banking
RBNZ imposes $250 mln regulatory capital increase on BNZ
[Updated]

19th Nov 19, 3:47pm
12
Gareth Vaughan
News
National interest test added to overseas investment rules
[Updated]

19th Nov 19, 12:48pm
12
Jenée Tibshraeny
Business
FMA issues warning about AG Markets after interest.co.nz tip-off

19th Nov 19, 12:22pm
1
Gareth Vaughan
Rural News
Rural resistance

20th Nov 19, 10:16am
13
Guy Trafford
Property
Steady activity in Barfoot & Thompson's auction rooms

19th Nov 19, 9:49am
86
Greg Ninness
Rural News
Should we really feel sorry for dairy farmers?

19th Nov 19, 9:45am
54
Jenée Tibshraeny
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ANZ cuts home loan rate
[Updated]
New Zealand's largest home loan bank has chosen to match the hot one year rate offer from the smallest of their major home loan rivals as wholesale rates stay low
19th Nov 19, 2:41pm
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Personal Finance
Mortgage and TD rate changes, despite no OCR move
Kiwibank makes a serious cut to its one year fixed home loan rate, besting all its major rivals. It also raises its one year TD rate, the first such rise for a term deposit rate in 2019, as wholesale rates turn up
15th Nov 19, 3:55pm
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A window into the future
This week's OCR review was the first of four key pre-Christmas announcements that will collectively have a big influence on the economy next year. David Hargreaves reads the tea leaves
17th Nov 19, 6:02am
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Property
Govt to restrict landlords from increasing rents more than once a year
[Updated]
Government to introduce law to limit rent hikes, enable tenants to add minor fittings to a property and limit landlords' abilities to end tenancies 
17th Nov 19, 1:00pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny
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Housing sales up compared to last year in Auckland but down in the rest of the country - REINZ
[Updated]
Auckland housing sales volumes up but prices flat, while sales volumes down but prices up in the rest of the country in October
14th Nov 19, 9:39am
220
Greg Ninness
Property
Little sign of house price growth in Auckland but prices rising strongly elsewhere
The Hutt Valley, Dunedin and Invercargill have shown the strongest house price growth in New Zealand over the last 12 months
15th Nov 19, 11:03am
142
Greg Ninness
Bonds
Has the RBNZ just given itself room to loosen LVR restrictions?
Having this week declined to cut the OCR in its last review of 2019, does this mean the RBNZ can ease bank lending restrictions without setting the housing market on fire? We asked the Assistant Governor
14th Nov 19, 4:28pm
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Upgraded NZ-China FTA to be signed in early 2020; Includes no new sweeteners for dairy

4th Nov 19, 6:40pm
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5th Nov 19, 1:18pm
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Harbour Asset Management among shareholders to sue former directors of failed $747m insurer, CBL

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15th Nov 19, 9:30am
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The NZD tracks the AUD higher

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19th Nov 19, 7:49am
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A key turning point for the RBNZ

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NZ Govt Bond tender number 703 results

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29th Oct 19, 10:47am
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