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03 July 2025

To cut or hold? Predictions mixed for RBNZ’s next OCR announcement

Interest rates are in a holding pattern right now, as we wait to see what the RBNZ has in store for us on 9 July. While some are e...

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26 June 2025

Mortgage rates trucking along as is for now

It's all looking pretty quiet on the interest rates front at the moment. While shorter-term rates are expected to fall a little fu...

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12 June 2025

Competition keeping mortgage rates in check, despite rise in wholesale rates

Wholesale rates have gone up slightly in the wake of our latest 0.25% OCR cut, raising concerns that mortgage rates may follow sui...

07 June 2024

Stability returns to interest rates; one-year terms still recommended

The delivery of promised tax cuts will be welcome news to many, but will it be enough to make a tangible difference in the current cost-of-living crisis for Kiwi households?

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29 May 2024

A week of big news in interest rates and the New Zealand housing market

On the same day as the OCR announcement, the government announced the axing of the first home grant. So what does this mean for first home buyers?

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01 May 2024

Jobs growth in New Zealand has hit a roadblock

Wholesale interest rates in NZ have increased in recent months, and there has essentially been no jobs growth in New Zealand since the middle of last year. So will this weakening in the labour market continue?

17 April 2024

Inflation's backing down, but it's still got a way to go

If borrowers are hoping that the just-announced fall in the country’s rate of inflation to a four year low of 4.0% from the 2022 peak of 7.3% will bring interest rate cuts, they might need to think again.

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