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04 February 2021
Economy expert Tony Alexander discusses the latest results from his surveys of mortgage advisers and real estate agents, plus how a change in LVR restrictions will affect New Zealand's housing market.
25 January 2021
In March the Reserve Bank will reimplement LVR (loan-to-value ratio) restrictions on property investors. This will mean lending for investment properties will be required to have a 70% or possibly 60% loan-to-value ratio.
13 December 2017
The new year is almost upon us and with it comes the usual new yearâs resolutions which may or may not end up becoming reality.
10 July 2017
Auckland sales volumes are down 30% year-on-year and Barfoot & Thompson is saying that house prices have fallen back to the same level as a year ago.
19 April 2017
Thereâs no doubt about it â the mortgage landscape has changed. Credit markets are tightening and rates have started to go up. So hereâs the low down to help you make better decisions, whether thatâs to borrow more or pay the mortgage off faster.
18 January 2017
Banks offering you cash for signing up a mortgage is a relatively new phenomenon, and one that wonât last much longer.
18 January 2017
Itâs that time of the year. Media commentators are lining up to provide a âguessâ (aka forecast) as to what might happen this year. Our turn.
15 November 2016
The cash rate has been cut once again by the Reserve Bank, but unlike previous cuts, this one has had a somewhat unexpected result: Many major banks aren't cutting their rates to match.
01 November 2016
Squirrel ran a seminar recently called Managing Risk in an Uncertain Market, where JB and Christina Leung (Senior Economist at NZIER) tried to make sense of where weâre at and where we might be heading in this crazy market.
31 October 2016
With the Reserve Bank LVR changes (and generally below par rental yields) now is the time for investors to be looking at ways to maximise their existing portfolio and increasing its return where buying more properties is not an option.
28 October 2016
According to interest.co.nz's report for September, first home buyers in Auckland are starting to have an easier time in terms of affordability, though not by much.
13 October 2016
Commentators continue to talk up the property market and increasing prices almost at the chagrin of the RBNZ.