MMC today announced their plans to launch a new service offering, MMC Digital & Insights.

ANZ New Zealand has lifted its deposit requirement for residential property investors to 40%, marking a major change in the lending market.

Economists at Kiwibank say DTIs and LVR restrictions will have a "near-term" impact on housing demand, but argue supply-side changes are the key to fixing the housing crisis. 

Mortgage Express has appointed Michael Chen as a mortgage adviser in Hamilton.

A financial adviser with 35 years' experience appeared before the Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee in Wellington last week, facing allegations she didn’t understand her profession’s legislation and code.

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr has asked Finance Minister Grant Robertson to add debt-to-income ratios to its macro-prudential toolkit, as it responds to government pressure on house prices.

Banks will be more willing to lend to businesses in the new year, driving New Zealand's economic recovery, according to economist Tony Alexander.

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a formal warning to an individual for conduct that was likely to have amounted to market manipulation.

NZX have today gone live with their new regulatory agency, signalling the formal separation of the exchange’s commercial and regulatory wings.

Residential property development loans have fallen by 18% year-on-year, according to Reserve Bank data, with advisers calling for changes to fix the house-building crisis.

Caring about customers is a business imperative as well as an ethical one for insurers, argues Liz Zhu.

Mortgage advisers are strongly opposed to any extension of the bright-line test, as speculation mounts that the government will change the law.