borrowing

19 Sep 18, 3:59pm

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; another mortgage cut, dairy prices lower, confidence down, C/A weakens, jobs growth slows, swaps and NZD firm
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What happened Tuesday

18 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

12 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; Co-op Bank trims some TD rates, auction updates, polytech bailouts, more bonds coming, more hotels too, swaps up & steeper, NZD stable
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Going up and going down, trans-Tasman divergence

18 Sep 18, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

17 comments

Why are NZ banks cutting mortgage rates as Aussie banks hike them, and how long might this last?
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What happened Monday

17 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

12 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; Heartland trims TD rates, PSI jobs contract, Harcourts finds soft prices, Shipley faces court, more bond issues, swaps firm, NZD stable
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Mortgage borrowing capacity has fallen, but by how much?

17 Sep 18, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

24 comments

The capacity of home loan borrowers to borrow has dropped by about 20% over the past couple of years, mortgage brokers estimate
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What happened Friday

14 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

9 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate changes, factories glum, KiwiSaver matures, NZD trading volumes jump, swaps steepen, NZD rises
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More bank rate cuts

14 Sep 18, 10:29am

David Chaston

38 comments

Three more banks lower their home loan rates but only to levels in the middle of the pack - and one of them lowers term deposit rates as well
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What happened Thursday

13 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

24 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; no rate changes; Fonterra reports first loss, house prices flat-line, food prices down, Council pay up, swap rates stable, NZD firm
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What happened Wednesday

12 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

10 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; many rate changes, accommodation shadow, high petrol prices, Aussie confidence fall, swaps inch up, NZD low
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Two banks cut mortgage rates

11 Sep 18, 6:39pm

David Chaston

51 comments

TSB takes a sharp pencil to home loan rates three years and longer. ANZ reduces most of its rates, but none market leading
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He aha te mea i tupu i tenei ra

11 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

18 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no rate changes, truckometer mixed, inflation rises, petrol eats up retail sales, electricity reviewed, swaps and NZD becalmed
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What happened Monday

10 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

14 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; some rate changes, 5 mln closer, weaker manufacturing, weaker commercial vehicle sales, soaking up cheap money, swaps unchanged, NZD soft
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Testing bank mortgage pricing practices

8 Sep 18, 9:31am

David Chaston

4 comments

David Chaston probes current bank margins to swap rates to check whether banks are using the latest falling interest rate environment to fatten their margins
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What happened Friday

7 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

17 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; ASB cuts rates for mortgages and term deposits, FMA sees trust crisis, wholesale trade jumps, household net worth growth dips, swaps and NZD slip
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ASB drops 3-year mortgage rate by 40 basis points

7 Sep 18, 10:42am

David Chaston

26 comments

Falling wholesale rates and the start of the Spring real estate selling season sees a major home loan lender cut a longer term fixed rate aggressively
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What happened Thursday

6 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

39 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; no local rate changes, house price falls, used import sales slow, Council revenues up, cheaper money, less credit stress, swap rates slip, NZD rises
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Young and broke

6 Sep 18, 3:41pm

David Hargreaves

22 comments

Latest figures show sharp rise in the number of under-25s in this country declaring bankruptcy
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What happened Wednesday

5 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

11 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no rate changes, Auckland listings rise, job ad growth slows, commodity prices slip, construction faces issues, swaps firmer, NZD weaker
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What happened Tuesday

4 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

15 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no rate changes, healthy car sales, more house listings, healthy China trade, a low-emissions plan, swaps hold, NZD hanging in there
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What happened Monday

3 Sep 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

16 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; term deposit rate cuts, terms of trade high, core funding ratio high, China factories mark time, swap rates fall again, NZD slips
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