The Reserve Bank’s easing of the speed limits on high loan-to-value (LVR) restrictions from 1 June is going to be more significant for owner-occupiers than investors.

A new entrant has joined the crowded professional indemnity (PI) insurance market for mortgage and financial advisers.

ANZ economists have revised down their predictions of house price falls to 18% from 22% previously.

A record 82.2% of landlords are aiming to raise rents over the coming year.

A landlord who filed a Tenancy Tribunal application to evict a tenant for ‘offensive verbal disputes’ has failed because the tenant suffers from night terrors and PTSD.

In times of high inflation, it’s essential to stick to the basics when setting a fair market rental rate.

The drop in average house values has surpassed the worst point of the Global Financial Crisis.

New research from Canstar shows that nearly one in five mortgage holders have negotiated with their bank to find ways to reduce their mortgage payments.

ASB is predicting the country’s economy will tip deeper into recession as we pay for the central bank and government punchbowl’s unexpected potency at juicing up the economy.

March was a somewhat perkier month for the housing market, after a particularly weak February.

The worst of the construction materials crisis is over, with the rate of growth in costs to build a residential home at its lowest since late 2020s.

Katharine McGhie will become the Financial Services Federation’s (FSF) business development manager which is a newly created role.

Rents in some areas across the country appear to be dropping, the latest bond data show.

Although the New Zealand residential market is facing a raft of challenges, Australian real estate powerhouse Raine & Horne is making its first foray into this country and opening four offices in the North Island by the end of this month.

Home values have made the biggest first-quarter fall in more than 15 years, the latest QV data show.

Debt-to-income levels will become reality for mortgage borrowers next March, says Kelvin Davidson, CoreLogic’s chief economist.