Residential property consultant Hybrid Group claims investors undeterred by rising interest rates as another hike tipped

Unit-holders in the AMP NZ Office Trust are likely to receive a payout of 7.2c a unit for the year to next June.

Some New Zealand homes are now part of the global property market - and overseas buyers willing to pay more are driving up prices.

Rising interest rates are not yet cooling the building sector, now predicted to continue growing rapidly in the year ahead.

Urbus Properties today announced the unconditional purchase of the Briscoe store building in Palmerston North.

The Western Bay of Plenty District Council has approved a major development at the site previously known as The Ballantyne International Resort and Golf Club in Sharp Rd, Katikati.

Fixing your home loan for two years may not be the best option, reports Rob Stock.

Hardware giant Bunnings Warehouse has New Plymouth in its sights.

Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard is kicking open the door to an even tougher bank price war on fixed-rate home loans, with two-year rates heading down to less than 7 per cent.

Property owners in the Manawatu district are continuing to reap remarkable capital gains - not even February's floods put a dampener on the real-estate market.

A banking war over two-year fixed home loans is only the beginning of a new level of competition, says a top executive of one bank.

The New Zealand dollar fell sharply yesterday as Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard delivered some relief to exporters sweating as the currency headed close to seven-year highs this week.

While Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard raised interest rates this morning, as everyone expected, he surprised the market with his surprisingly dovish rhetoric.

A common complaint from consumers about investing hard-won savings in the products of the investment industry is that the returns they get seem low.

If a door-to-door brush salesman told you that one brush in his quiver was better than another, would you be convinced he was acting in your interest? Would that advice be worth anything? He gets paid no matter which brush you buy - just buy a brush, won't you?

The Government has consistently branded banks as a rapacious, profiteering cartel. Hence the rationale for Kiwibank. Can something similar be said about life insurance companies?