The share of new mortgages to first home buyers rose for the third consecutive month to 24.4% last month, up slightly from 24.3% in May, the latest Reserve Bank figures show.

The social shaming of property investors by politicians is one reason ordinary Kiwis are nervous about investing.

A new housing report shows how mission-oriented thinking could solve New Zealand’s housing crisis.

While inflation has fallen from 6.5% year-on-year to 6%, ANZ says the proportion of the CPI basket running in excess of the Reserve Bank’s mid-point inflation target of 2% increased to 84%, while the proportion of the basket running at greater than 5% fell.

A Reserve Bank discussion paper by researcher Andrew Coleman argues that temporary surges in house prices are often caused by interest rate movements.

Independent economist Tony Alexander on how the banks fix mortgage rates.

Rising property sales are starting to bite into the country’s stock levels leading to house price rises.

OCR cuts and lower interest rates are not in sight even though inflation fell to 6% in the latest quarter.

One of the many victims of a rampage by a tenant in an Unsworth Heights, blocks of flats was so scared they wet themselves and defecated.

Banks’ high mortgage stress test rates are keeping a lot of buyers on the side lines, says the latest survey of mortgage advisers by Tony Alexander and mortgages.co.nz.

Landlords are in favour of National’s election promise to allow under-30-year-olds to use KiwiSaver for tenancy bonds.

Success in any field requires positive working habits – being a mortgage adviser is no different.

Inzpec, the start-up connecting property buyers with qualified and trusted property inspectors is joining forces with Trade Me in a strategic partnership.

Kiwibank is forecasting annual gains in the housing market of 2% by the first quarter of next year, before hitting a high of 6% by the middle of the year.

Despite a rise in the number of complaints about mortgage and financial advisers over the year to June, Financial Advice New Zealand chief executive Katrina Shanks says they would have come off an extremely low base considering the number of advisers in the industry.

Interest rate rises are adding $900 a month extra to mortgage repayments for homeowners across the country with an 80% mortgage on a home bought two years ago and $1,600 a month for Aucklanders where house prices are higher.