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Catherine Masters
Has the housing market wipeout scarred a generation of buyers? Slump’s shake-up revealed
Some “mum and dad” investors are retreating from a market encumbered with rising rates and high insurance costs.
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: OCR hike all but locked in - what it means for your mortgage next week
Should borrowers be bracing for impact?
Nikki Preston
Water bill shock: ‘It’s people like my mum who are getting smashed’
Housing experts fear Wellington’s new charges will prolong the slump.
Kelvin Davidson
NZ’s most affordable and least affordable cities revealed
Report finds the cost of buying and renting has returned to long-term norms.
Susie Nordqvist
‘We’ll stay another 10 years’: Kiwis borrowing up to $600k to renovate homes they can’t afford to sell
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Sorry, there was no spending splurge
Catherine Smith
Four weeks into real estate, a $30m Lotto winner walked through his door ...
Kelvin Davidson
Revealed: How long you need to own a home before selling for a profit
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Hospitality can’t blame consumers anymore, but housing can
Kiwis ready to spend, just not on property.
Kelvin Davidson
Death of the 20% deposit? More than half of first-time buyers are overcoming the savings hurdle
And why a September rate rise is still on the cards despite unemployment shocker.
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Agents deliver their housing market report card - it isn't pretty
Prices are falling and buyers are worried about mortgage rates, jobs and overpaying.
Catherine Masters
Interest rate warnings: How much extra could you be paying by the end of the year?
Experts on the best- and worst-case scenarios as global uncertainty takes its toll.
Nikki Preston
Election 2026: ‘No steep decline in property prices - but it’s not going to be rosy’
Cost-of-living crisis and minor parties set to dominate campaign.
Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Why banks are in a rush to raise fixed mortgage rates
What higher oil prices and OCR bets mean for your next refix.
Kelvin Davidson
OCR warning: Why homeowners should prepare for two more rate rises this year
The Reserve Bank has lifted the cash rate for the first time in three years.
Nikki Preston
Anger over ‘cowboy’ property coaches: ‘I don’t know how some of these business owners sleep at night’
Sector calls for increased regulation.
