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The last few years have been a rollercoaster—but all things being equal things should (finally) be looking up in 2025. For his final market update of the year, Squirrel founder JB shares his predictions for 2025, looking at the OCR, interest rates, housing market and New Zealand economy.
Global economic uncertainty has placed a bit of a question mark over the future of New Zealand interest rates—but even so, our resident Wellington mortgage expert Nick Virtue, says 2025 is shaping up to be a year of gradual progress.
As a builder, sticking to house and land packages can make life a whole lot easier from a cashflow perspective—but if that's all you do, you're missing out on a huge opportunity. Here's how new funding solutions are helping to make turnkeys a more viable option for builders looking to unlock a much bigger market.
Designed to bring greater transparency and efficiency to the process of buying and selling a house—saving both buyers and sellers time and money—Yelsa Connect is a new real estate platform with a whole lot of potential.
