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Between conflicting concerns around global inflation, and the state of the New Zealand economy, the RBNZ's latest OCR decision was always going to be tough—but ultimately it held steady at 2.25%. Here's what that means for borrowers, and the outlook on rates from here as the oil crisis remains ongoing.
Watch our latest update on interest rates and the property market - covering house prices, the economy, the OCR and where mortgage rates might be heading.
In this month's investor update: Dave takes a closer look at what's happening out there, how your money is invested and how we're thinking about risk in the current environment.
Launched with the promise of delivering an extra 100,000 (affordable) homes over 10 years, no one could accuse KiwiBuild of lacking ambition. But just six years later, and with only 2,300-odd homes to show for it, the programme was dead in the water. So just how did it all go so wrong?
