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<B>NEWSFLASH:</B> Cash rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 5.75%.
Mortgage rates unlikely to rise this year
Homeowners can be reasonably confident interest rates won’t rise this year and they can even hope for a rate cut following today’s Reserve Bank statement.
House buying interest strong
An increasing number of people think house prices will keep rising but that is now being countered by more people doubting it’s a good time to buy, according to ASB Bank’s latest survey of housing confidence.
Housing market cools
The latest stats from REINZ show that house prices cooled in December.
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