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Kiwi appetite for housing debt seems to be abating

New Zealanders’ appetite for debt, mostly put to use in buying property, seems to have at last abated after a decade of giddy growth, according to the Reserve Bank.

Mon, Jul 9th 2001 12:03PM

RB leaves cash rate unchanged

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To fix or float, what is the answer?

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Lower mortgage rates likely this year but not yet

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Broking firm challenges the market

An Auckland-based mortgage broking firm has just significantly undercut the market with a one-year fixed rate of 6.45%.

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Housing tax plain dumb

Cairns Lockie explains three major problems with a housing tax.

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Government review recommends tax on housing

A team reviewing the New Zealand tax system at the behest of the Labour-Alliance government is urging an annual tax on housing.

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Government review recommends tax on housing

Housing sales remain strong

Housing sales remain strong, even though the number sold in May fell slightly from April and the median house price slipped.

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Mortgages for problem borrowers

A new product has hit the market for people who have difficulty accessing mortgage finance.

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Further rate cut hopes fade

National Bank, which has long called for more and more aggressive rate cuts, now admits it’s unlikely it will get one in July.

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PSIS extends home loans

PSIS is about to introduce fixed rate home loans to its existing floating rate product and will allow people to mix fixed and floating rates on individual loans, says chief executive John Price.

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Online Real Estate

Anyone trying to use the internet to narrow the search for a residential property without having to go to endless numbers of "open homes" will quickly find a proliferation of New Zealand sites.

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Confidence in houses soars

People’s confidence about the housing market surged in the three months ended April, partly fuelled by declining interest rates, according to the ASB Bank’s latest survey.

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Don't hold your breath for loans from the Red Sheds

Don’t hold your breath about getting a bargain home loan from The Warehouse in the near future

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Don't hold your breath for loans from the Red Sheds

The time is near for capped rate loans

Capped rate loans about to come into vogue.

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Falling rates stimulate market

The Real Estate Institute says the April housing sales figures show falling mortgage interest rates are helping to stimulate the housing market.

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Housing market bottomed: RBNZ

The housing market may have bottomed out, the Reserve Bank predicts.

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Banks rush to cut rates following RB announcement

Reserve Bank governor Don Brash confirmed most economists’ expectations by cutting the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.75% this morning in his third such move this year.

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Banks rush to cut rates following RB announcement

Economists looking for a kick start

Economists are expecting Reserve Bank governor Don Brash to cut the official cash rate again by at least 25 basis points on Wednesday when he releases the central bank’s latest monetary policy statement.

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