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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; a mix of retail rate changes, lower trade surplus, hot demand for NZGBs, credit card billings flatten out, swaps up, NZD up, & more
22nd Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; a mix of retail rate changes, lower trade surplus, hot demand for NZGBs, credit card billings flatten out, swaps up, NZD up, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; dairy unimpressive, rents hold high, FBU downgrades, skilled immigrant door opens wider, swaps stable, NZD lower, bitcoin jumps, & more
21st Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; dairy unimpressive, rents hold high, FBU downgrades, skilled immigrant door opens wider, swaps stable, NZD lower, bitcoin jumps, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; Kiwibank adjusts rates, households gloomy, rental yields unattractive, ComCom to probe banks, swaps steepen, NZD dips, & more
20th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; Kiwibank adjusts rates, households gloomy, rental yields unattractive, ComCom to probe banks, swaps steepen, NZD dips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rates topped out?, service sector expands faster, fewer jobs more applicants, ETS reform, swaps unchanged, NZD stable, & more
19th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rates topped out?, service sector expands faster, fewer jobs more applicants, ETS reform, swaps unchanged, NZD stable, & more
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There have been home loan rate changes up (main banks) and down (challenger bank) this week. We update who has changed what, and review what fixed terms are the most popular, and how that popularity has changed
16th Jun 23, 5:00pm
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There have been home loan rate changes up (main banks) and down (challenger bank) this week. We update who has changed what, and review what fixed terms are the most popular, and how that popularity has changed
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday: Westpac hikes some fixed home loan rates, PMI contracts again, warnings on fake TD comparison site, swaps litt-changed, NZD firmer, & more
16th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday: Westpac hikes some fixed home loan rates, PMI contracts again, warnings on fake TD comparison site, swaps litt-changed, NZD firmer, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ raises some fixed home loan rates, May housing market in deep slump, Q1 economy contracts again, swaps unchanged, NZD unchanged, & more
15th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ raises some fixed home loan rates, May housing market in deep slump, Q1 economy contracts again, swaps unchanged, NZD unchanged, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; worryingly large current account deficit, IAG signals big premium rises coming, food prices jump, massive Settlement Account balance movements, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
14th Jun 23, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; worryingly large current account deficit, IAG signals big premium rises coming, food prices jump, massive Settlement Account balance movements, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; HSBC retail winding down, house values fall, work visa arrival high, fewer people travel, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
13th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; HSBC retail winding down, house values fall, work visa arrival high, fewer people travel, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; retail sales under pressure, FMA settles with CBL directors, crude oil prices falls, another volcano watch, swaps and NZD stable, & more
12th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; retail sales under pressure, FMA settles with CBL directors, crude oil prices falls, another volcano watch, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; ANZ also cuts milk payout forecasts, job ads retreat, APRA cautions banks, China inflation vanishes, swaps & NZD unchanged, & more
9th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; ANZ also cuts milk payout forecasts, job ads retreat, APRA cautions banks, China inflation vanishes, swaps & NZD unchanged, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; tax flows softens sharply, FMA sues AA Insurance, NZGB yields rise, grocery prices stop rising, pre-GDP data soft, swaps up, NZD soft, & more
8th Jun 23, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; tax flows softens sharply, FMA sues AA Insurance, NZGB yields rise, grocery prices stop rising, pre-GDP data soft, swaps up, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; Kiwibank raises TD rates, dairy prices fall, one for One, China exports less, swaps and NZD on hold, & more
7th Jun 23, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; Kiwibank raises TD rates, dairy prices fall, one for One, China exports less, swaps and NZD on hold, & more
A new data series from the Reserve Bank shows that preferences for duration of fixed term loans have shifted rapidly during the past two years based on what is on offer at the time
7th Jun 23, 9:17am
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A new data series from the Reserve Bank shows that preferences for duration of fixed term loans have shifted rapidly during the past two years based on what is on offer at the time
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; the floating rate increases kick in, commodity prices sag, building slowdown arrives, swaps jump, NZD holds, & more
6th Jun 23, 4:04pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; the floating rate increases kick in, commodity prices sag, building slowdown arrives, swaps jump, NZD holds, & more
During the past 20 years only the post-global financial crisis period saw slower starts to the year for the mortgage market, Reserve Bank data shows
5th Jun 23, 6:01am
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During the past 20 years only the post-global financial crisis period saw slower starts to the year for the mortgage market, Reserve Bank data shows
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; ASB raises some fixed rates, Barfoots at 15 year May low, retail still tough, new borrowers think short-term, swaps and NZD stable, & more
2nd Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; ASB raises some fixed rates, Barfoots at 15 year May low, retail still tough, new borrowers think short-term, swaps and NZD stable, & more
ASB pushes up some key fixed home loan rates well above its main rivals as both wholesale and term deposit rates raise, a warning signal that mortgage rates have more upside
2nd Jun 23, 10:38am
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ASB pushes up some key fixed home loan rates well above its main rivals as both wholesale and term deposit rates raise, a warning signal that mortgage rates have more upside
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more TD increases, house values fall, EQC gets a cat bond away successfully, NIWA sees cold and wet, swaps stable, NZD unchanged, & much more
1st Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more TD increases, house values fall, EQC gets a cat bond away successfully, NIWA sees cold and wet, swaps stable, NZD unchanged, & much more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; business sentiment less downbeat, mortgage market very quiet, savers rush TDs, milk payouts ease, swaps ease, NZD weaker, & more
31st May 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; business sentiment less downbeat, mortgage market very quiet, savers rush TDs, milk payouts ease, swaps ease, NZD weaker, & more
Latest RBNZ lending figures show the total stock of mortgage borrowing grew by 3.2% over the past 12 months, which is the slowest rate of annual growth since late 2012
31st May 23, 3:55pm
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Latest RBNZ lending figures show the total stock of mortgage borrowing grew by 3.2% over the past 12 months, which is the slowest rate of annual growth since late 2012
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; residential building consents fall, farm & lifestyle block sales low, bank NIMs slip, swaps lower, NZD becalmed, & more
30th May 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; residential building consents fall, farm & lifestyle block sales low, bank NIMs slip, swaps lower, NZD becalmed, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; local labour market expanding fast, FHB's face better prospects, Luxon backtracks, swaps and NZD little-changed, & more
29th May 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; local labour market expanding fast, FHB's face better prospects, Luxon backtracks, swaps and NZD little-changed, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; some more home loan changes, rents up, confidence low, LVRs loosened, log prices sag, swaps hold, NZD dips, & more
26th May 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; some more home loan changes, rents up, confidence low, LVRs loosened, log prices sag, swaps hold, NZD dips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Fonterra cuts milk payout; Tower tightens hazard coverage, NZGB bond yields up, ComCom says shopping around can save big, swaps up, NZD down, & more
25th May 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Fonterra cuts milk payout; Tower tightens hazard coverage, NZGB bond yields up, ComCom says shopping around can save big, swaps up, NZD down, & more