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Month: August 2019

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Are property investors back?

By:Josh BronkhorstPosted: Aug 29th, 2019In: Real News

After years of shifting conditions, property investors are dipping their toes in the market – especially the ‘mum and dad’ investors. In July, according to CoreLogic’s data, mortgaged investors accounted for 25% of all property[...]

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NZ’s property affordability has improved

By:Josh BronkhorstPosted: Aug 23rd, 2019In: Real News

Good news for first-home buyers: according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service, low interest rates (coupled with slowing price growth and average salary increases) have improved housing affordability across the country. To be[...]

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How big are Kiwis’ mortgages?

By:Josh BronkhorstPosted: Aug 16th, 2019In: Real News

For the time, the RBNZ has released debt-to-income (DTI) data for new mortgage applications, showing the total borrower debt compared to borrower income. While there was no indication as to what a high DTI may[...]

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OCR down to 1% – Time to run the numbers again?

By:Josh BronkhorstPosted: Aug 9th, 2019In: Real News

It has been an eventful week in New Zealand. In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank cut the Official Cash Rate down to just 1%. Forecasters were expecting a lesser .25 percent cut, but according[...]

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What does another rate cut mean for borrowers?

By:Josh BronkhorstPosted: Aug 9th, 2019In: Lending News

In what has been described by economists as a ‘stunning move,’ this month the RBNZ chose to slash the Official Cash Rate (OCR) from 1.5% to just 1% – despite commentators predicting it would be[...]

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