It is looking far less likely that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates on Thursday.

For the first time in years, the monthly total of housing consents has fallen below the number granted in the same month a year earlier.

There are few signs of a slowing housing market in the latest figures from Quotable Value New Zealand with house prices up for the eighth consecutive quarter.

One of the more bullish forecasters of interest rate cuts, Deutsche Bank, has changed its view and now expects the Reserve Bank will leave its official cash rate (OCR) unchanged at 5% at next months review.

The housing market remained remarkably buoyant in July, usually a slow month, with strong volumes and the median house price notching up a new record, the latest Real Estate Institute sales figures show.

NZ Mortgage Funds founder Sean Davis on commissions, aggregation and minimum volumes of business.

Mortgage bankers Cairns Lockie says although there is a place for contributory mortgages, it's pulling out of that area.

Mortgage broking has grown rapidly as an industry and is now at a key junction in determining its future.

It’s time for lenders to insist that the mortgage brokers they deal with are members of the New Zealand Mortgage Brokers Association, says association chairman Brian Berry.

The government’s plan to assist first-home buyers into their own homes has proved to be far more benign in terms of its economic and housing market impact than many had feared, although it still has its critics.

Latest housing consent figures show the housing boom continues somewhat unabated.

Wizard's home loan spell produces different results to the banks' one.

Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard chose the conservative route in cutting the official cash rate (OCR) from 5.25% to 5% today, ignoring pleas for a larger cut.

Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard chose the conservative route in cutting the official cash rate (OCR) from 5.25% to 5% today, ignoring pleas for a larger cut.

Winter at last had an impact on the housing market in June, although the dampening was mild by any standard.

Both economists and the wholesale interest rates market are convinced the Reserve Bank will cut its Official Cash Rate (OCR) again at its next review on Thursday.