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Rates change all the time. Keep up to date with the latest activity so you can manage your mortgage and pay-it-off faster.
Issues raised about some home equity release schemes
A code of practice is to be introduced to govern home equity release schemes to avoid some of the problems these products have run into in other markets.
OCR remains the same
The Reserve Bank has elected to keep the official cash rate at 7.25%, although some economists expected it to rise today.
Close call whether rates will rise
Whether or not Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard decides to hike interest rates on Thursday appears to be a finely balanced decision, but a slim majority of economists now think he will.
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