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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; economy growing well, coloured coin coming, water stress, swap rates and currency consolidate

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; economy growing well, coloured coin coming, water stress, swap rates and currency consolidate
For Tuesday, February 10, 2015. <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/">Image sourced from Shutterstock.com</a>

Here are the key things you need to know before you leave work today.

TODAY'S MORTGAGE RATE CHANGES
Update: The Co-operative Bank has reduced its 4 and 5 years fixed home loan rates to 5.89%, meeting the market for these terms.

TODAY'S DEPOSIT RATE CHANGES
There were no term deposit changes today.

STILL ON A ROLL
ANZ's prescient Truckometer data series shows the economy is still growing very nicely suggesting current growth rates at or above +3%. ANZ notes the current upward trend in light traffic flows will be supported by lower petrol prices, and the associated boost to household purchasing power means the broader economy usually follows. A glance across the usual binge indicators (debt, inflation, the current account deficit…) that can typically portend a turn in the economic cycle reveals few hangover worries – though housing bears watching. If left to its own devices, the economy could keep on keeping on for quite a while yet. The wildcard remains the global scene. 

SHELTER
Australian house prices are inching higher - except in Sydney where there is something of a frenzy going on, not unlike Auckland - and that said, not unlike most major centers in most countries. Second and third tier cities everywhere are not participating in the latest 'bubble'. The total value of residential dwellings in Australia was AU$5.4 tln at the end of December 2014. In New Zealand the equivalent number is NZ$¾ tln. Any correction will involve eye-watering sums.

50c FOR 50c
A coloured legal tender 50 cent coin will be on sale to the public from next month to commemorate the centenary, on 25 April 1915, of the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula. They can be bought at PostShops for their face value. 1 million will be issued.

WATER STRESS
Environment Canterbury is investigating alleged tampering of river water flow meters in a rural dairy area south of Timaru. Low flows had stopped local irrigation and the tampering had allowed it to restart. It is a terrible look for dairy farmers who are struggling to keep their expensive (debt-laden) operations going.

WHOLESALE RATES HIGHER
After yesterday's sharp rises, today's interest rate swap market direction was flat with yields moving only by 1 bp if at all. The 90 day bank bill rate was one that rose by +1 bp to 3.65%.

NZ DOLLAR CONSOLIDATES
Check our real-time charts here. The NZ dollar has flat-lined today and is still at levels it started out this morning. We are in a data-light period. It is now at 74.2 USc, 95 AUc, and the TWI is now at 77.5.

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10 year fixed rate mortgages may become more common.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/65997925/tsbs-10year-loan-likely-to-be-copied-by-others

However: this quote from the article is 'interesting':  "Six months ago, would anybody have predicted we'd be having rate falls?" he said

My reply would be -  Yes!

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An interesting bet.

Over the long term will interest rates stay low? yes I think so, they'll average lower than in the past, yes, maybe 1/2..  Could they spike in a nasty manner? yes.  Could it be a spike of a few years?

Crystall ball stuff.

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"Mortgage broker Jeff Royle, 8><------- "It's a bold move, and the rate's brilliant when you consider the average rate in New Zealand over the last 20 to 30 years is closer to 8 per cent."

20 to 30 years ago was pre-peak oil, we are now (or shortly will be) post-peak oil.  So out there in clueless land there are "professional" people giving 'sound" advice.

More than 1/2 then, more like 1/4 to 1/3rd, ie an OCR averaging <3% I suspect.

 

 

 

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Just bought another quality high yeilding palmy property, net yield as is, 7% (after rates, insurance), locked away for 5 years at 5.79%, fish in barrel type stuff

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For a cash on cash yield of 5% (assuming 20% deposit).  Nothing to get excited about, but better then most.

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How do you figure that?

48k cash deposit; net 7% on 240k = $16800, less interest of 11,753 = $5046 return on 48k in = 10.5% return on equity (cash on cash?). 

 

It's equity sitting unused anyway at present, so leveraging into positively geared property with 5 years of certainty regarding rates and 10.5% return gauranteed with upside of capital gains a bonus in a student city that always benefits from immigration booms and has had consistent population growth around the 1% mark over last 2 decades (actually 1.23% per annum from 1996 census to today).

This is an 'off the shelve' deal too, before I add any value to the place to increase yeild and get a chunk of that 48k equity immediately returned by increasing the value of the place.

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7% on market value
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7% on investment

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