Breaking news: Unemployment curve ball - rate unexpectedly rises to 5.4% from 5.3%. More soon.
Personal Finance / Analysis
Personal Finance / Analysis
4th Feb 26, 8:12am
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Residential property investors increased their mortgage pile by over $7 bln in 2025 and are taking up mortgage money at a proportionately faster rate than owner-occupiers
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'
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Property / News
Property / News
3rd Feb 26, 10:27am
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by Greg Ninness
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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
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by Greg Ninness
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Latest consent figures suggest reasonable growth in residential construction, non-residential building work still in decline
Currencies / Analysis
Currencies / Analysis
4th Feb 26, 7:36am
by Jason Wong
Lower tech stocks drive down US equities while investors rotate to value. Gold and silver prices recover strongly. RBA hikes as expected, supporting higher Australian rates and the AUD, with positive spillover into the NZD
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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
Property / News
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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
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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
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
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
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
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