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Affordability measure proves more houses needed

Tuesday 20th of June 2017

It emerged yesterday that the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) went ahead with its recent release of the HAM – despite a Reserve Bank warning that it should be using a higher mortgage lending rate in its calculations.

According to sources, the Reserve Bank told MBIE that it should be using the new customer mortgage rate rather than the effective mortgage rat...

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