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13 March 2020

More mortgage rate cuts

ASB and Sovereign have both announced their new two-year fixed interest rates of 3.39%. TSB is also offering the same interest rate, through their 'Price Match Promise'.

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09 March 2020

Mortgage rate update

Despite the next OCR announcement being a couple of weeks away still, it seems that banks are already starting to lower their mortgage rates in anticipation of a cut.

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06 March 2020

OCR: will there be a cut in March?

When we look to the very beginning of 2020, most economists were going back on their previous words regarding the OCR dropping below the 1% mark (where it currently sits). But no one could have predicted the impact of Covid-19 to our economy.

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05 March 2020

FOMO in Auckland’s property market is real

The Auckland housing market seems to be waking from its slumber and it seems that buyers are eager to get in on the action as quickly as possible.

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