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11 April 2025

With another 0.25% cut in the bag, OCR edges closer to 'neutral'

With another 0.25% OCR cut under our belts, and wholesale rates down off the back of significant global volatility, are we on trac...

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02 April 2025

Interest rates holding steady (for now) but OCR expected to bring further falls

With the RBNZ expected to cut the OCR by a further 0.25% on 9th April, that could be the catalyst for the one-year rate to (finall...

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26 March 2025

What the RBNZ’s planned OCR track means for mortgage rates

With a series of small but steady OCR cuts expected over the coming months, here's how that's likely to impact short- and longer-t...

07 February 2024

Reserve Bank still strongly opposed to big reductions in interest rates

The Reserve Bank still appears to remain staunchly opposed to any sizable reductions in mortgage interest rates. That said, it is still highly likely that the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates this year rather than the middle of 2025 as indicated..

12 December 2023

Borrowers should concentrate on managing risk — not rate chasing

Chances are good that the official cash rate will be cut before the end of 2024 and even by the middle of next year. But should borrowers be focusing on trying to predict the ups and downs of the rates cycle?

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29 November 2023

Lower mortgage rates, or higher bank margins?

Declines in fixed interest rates in the US have fed through to some reductions in NZ’s bank wholesale borrowing costs. Will this mean lower mortgage rates for Kiwi, or will this end up as extra margin for the banks?

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16 November 2023

Mortgage rates | no spring specials in sight, what’s in store for summer?

Costs for banks to borrow money have decreased. Added with the higher lending rates they provide, can banks afford to start cutting their own lending rates?

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