One of the longer-serving names in the mortgage broking business is going.

The Reserve Bank's recent OCR rate cut caught the market by surprise, raising the question: "Did the bank get it wrong?" Jenny Ruth investigates.

BNZ's decision to withdraw from the important broker market has people scratching their heads.

The number of housing consents rebounded sharply in March, resulting in the highest number in the month of March since 1977.

Short-term interest rates and floating rate mortgages are likely to continue falling this year as the Reserve Bank continues to cut its Official Cash Rate (OCR), but longer-term fixed rate mortgages are more likely to rise, says Anthony Byett, chief economist at ASB Bank.

AMP has decided its Australasian and British businesses can't live together any more so it's splitting them up.

HSBC aims to still target high net worth individuals and be a niche rather than mainstream player, even though it has just bought AMP Banking's mortgage book.

Those who thought the housing market was slowing had better think again: both the median house price and the volume of sales reached records in March.

Those who thought the housing market was slowing had better think again: both the median house price and the volume of sales reached records in March.

Jenny Ruth looks at the odds of the Reserve Bank cutting the Official Cash Rate this week.

Jenny Ruth looks at the odds of the Reserve Bank cutting the Official Cash Rate later this week.

Royal & SunAlliance has decided to wind down its mortgage insurance business, as opposed to selling it.

While many economists expect the housing market is starting to cool, property investment consultant Kieran Trass completely disagrees.

A recently released report is critical of mortgage brokers in Australia.

A recently released report is critical of mortgage brokers in Australia.