OCR

Mortgage Pain

More Mortgage Pain Ahead? New Zealand Banks Begin Lifting Home Loan Rates

NZ property market

Is New Zealand’s Housing Market About to Turn? Five Signs the Recovery Could Already Be Underway | WATCH

OCR

Reserve Bank Raises OCR to 2.5%: What It Means for New Zealand’s Economy and House Prices

luxon and willis

Is New Zealand’s Property Market on Hold Until the Election? Here’s What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know

home buyers

When Will NZ House Prices Rise Again? Tony Alexander Reveals His Latest Property Market Forecast

Trade Me

Kiwi Property Optimism Collapses As House Price Expectations Plunge

Homeowner stress

Auckland Housing Market In Crisis As Thousands Fall Behind On Rates And Mortgages | WATCH

OCR HIKE

“We Told You So”: Watch the Property Market Shudder as OCR Hike Could Land as Early as May

OCR

‘Too Little, Too Late’: Economists Warn RBNZ’s Slow Cuts Have Stalled NZ’s Recovery

OCR

RBNZ Holds OCR at 3.25% Amid Inflation Stability and Global Uncertainty

RBA

Shock Decision: RBA Holds Rates at 3.85% Despite Market Expectations

RBNZ

OPINION | RBNZ Stalls Again: OCR Hold Locked In for July – But One More Cut Is Coming

OCR cut to 3.25% – What It Means for Your Mortgage and the Property Market | WATCH

OCR

Will the OCR Drop Again This Week? 5 Key Housing Market Insights You Need Now

RBNZ

Is the RBNZ Poised for Another 50bps Rate Cut to 3% to Rescue NZ’s Economic Recovery?

Trump’s Tariffs Will Crush NZ’s Property Market – Here’s How It Gets Worse

OCR

The Reserve Bank is expected to cut the OCR by 0.5%, but top business leaders argue it’s too little, too late | WATCH

Broker

Expert predicts 4% + mortgage rates are arriving soon

house prices

2025: Official Cash Rate (Predictions) | WATCH

OCR

MASSIVE OCR cut possible next month

First home buyers

COMING DOWN: New Zealand’s best advertised mortgage rates

Trade-Me-spokesperson-Casey-Wylde

The NZ property market is sitting steady and ready for lower interest rate stimulus | REPORT

RBNZ

Will the Reserve Bank Meet Expectations? A Look Ahead to the OCR Decision

Sarah Wood, CEO of realestate.co.nz

The New Zealand Property (FULL) Report: August 2024

Mortgage rates

How low will mortgage rates fall?

mortgage stress

NZ Property Market: Homeowners are selling before they are forced to by their bank

interest rates

Need a cheaper mortgage rate? Push for the “under the table” discounts

Hannah McQueen

Expert expects mortgage interest rates to come down | WATCH

Mortgage

Major bank is cutting its home loan interest rates on the back of OCR indicators

Kiwibank

Are we about to see Mortgage Wars? Banks dropping mortgage rates

ASB

Is this the start of the NZ 2024 MORTGAGE WARS? | WATCH

Adrian Orr

BREAKING NEWS: Our ‘One Trick Pony’ RBNZ keeps the Official Cash Rate on hold at 5.5%

Westpac

NZ Banks seeing it different: Westpac picks OCR likely to remain on hold

Official Cash Rate

ALERT: Watch the ‘one trick pony’ Reserve Bank HIKE Mortgage Rates!

RBNZ

What the HELL is going on with interest rate expectations?

10-year fixed mortgage rate

Don’t get too excited about interest rate cuts

Kiwibank

MORTGAGE WAR? Kiwibank cuts mortgage rates

Reserve Bank

Reserve Bank maintains the official cash rate at 5.5 percent

Reserve Bank

OCR Announcement: Will the RBNZ Change Its Interest Rate Plans?

Westpac

Westpac is now the only bank expecting the Reserve Bank to need to increase the official cash rate (OCR)

Westpac

Westpac predicts that migration and increasing house prices will continue to contribute to inflation

Stressed woman

Banks are lifting mortgage rates despite the OCR being on hold

Nicola Willis

OCR Reaches Its Highest Level in 15 Years, Signaling Increased Mortgage Challenges

Affordable Housing

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) anticipates that the strain on mortgages will escalate until the middle of 2024 | WATCH

Homeowner stress

Prospects of prolonged mortgage rate discomfort persist

house prices

The Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 5.50% | WATCH

Reserve Bank

Impending OCR Verdict: Factors the Reserve Bank Will Consider

house prices

Westpac forecasts an 8% increase in house prices for the upcoming year

BNZ

MORTGAGE PAIN: BNZ keeps lifting home loan rates

HSBC

HSBC Predicts a 5% Increase in House Prices for 2024

Official Cash Rate

RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee agrees to leave the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50% | WATCH

Frances Cook

Reserve Bank Poised to Revise Official Cash Rate (OCR) | WATCH

Mortgage rates

Bank Raises One-Year Mortgage Rate Above 7%

Homeowner stress

Advice for weathering the mortgage hikes | WATCH

recession

How the rest of the world sees it: NZ in recession after dramatic interest rate hikes | WATCH

Mortgage rates

HEADS UP: Mortgage rates unlikely to drop

ASB Housing Confidence survey

ASB Housing Confidence Survey: Kiwi Still On The Fence On Housing Market

Affordable Housing

Official cash rate lifts has roughly doubled the mortgage rates paid by Kiwis

Banking system

Surely not? ANZ predicts one more OCR rise

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr

Interest rates hiked again – but could this be the peak? | WATCH

Tim Kearins

Too many good landlords leaving the housing market

financial crisis

‘Eye-watering’ spending in Budget 2023 will see Reserve Bank raise OCR this week

Homes.co.nz

Lending changes help stimulate the housing market | homes.co.nz

NZ housing market

CRISIS: Missed mortgage payments swell in New Zealand | WATCH

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NZ’s Official Cash Rate UP to 5.25% VS Australia’s is HELD at 3.6% | WATCH

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Here’s where house prices have fallen by 20%

NZ house values weak ahead of OCR decision

Homeowner stress

RECESSION: One in every 100 home loans (1.29%) is in MORTGAGE arrears

Ready for more RBNZ inflicted pain New Zealand?

RBNZ

BAD NEWS MORTGAGE HOLDERS: ‘One Trick Pony’ – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand | WATCH

recession

‘Real recession’ still to come – economist

Homes.co.nz

What do the recent changes to the OCR mean for the homeowner? | homes.co.nz

What it would take for ‘lukewarm’ housing market to turn?

Westpac

Mortgage holders to feel the squeeze following Westpac’s predicted rate hike | WATCH

More household pain predicted | WATCH

Reserve Bank

Bank warns of more price rises as OCR jumps following Cyclone Gabrielle | WATCH

Corelogic senior property economist Kelvin Davidson

CPI holds steady meaning OCR likely to be HIKED by 0.75% | CoreLogic NZ

Broker

Major bank’s unusual move to drop 5-year mortgage below 1-year rate

Tim Kearins

Buyers and sellers should take their opportunities now

inflation

When might interest rates drop?

Tim Kearins

The six week window | NZ home buyers

CoreLogic NZ

New Zealand’s 2022 property market downturn deeper than predicted | CoreLogic

mortgage interest rates

How high are mortgage interest rates really going to go?

RBNZ

New Zealand central bank sets NZ up for a 2023 RECESSION | WATCH

OCR INCREASE: RBNZ sticks a ‘knife through the heart’ of mortgaged kiwis

RBNZ

ALERT | RBNZ is a ‘one trick pony’ – OCR expected to get biggest ever hike

wealth inequality

If the RBNZ lifts the OCR to 4.45% – Jacinda is GONE as PM in 2023

House prices

ANZ: New Zealand house prices to “fully unwind”

Adrian Orr

Reserve Bank created ‘perfect storm’ for inequality

Stressed woman

Negative equity is HERE for some and is looming for MANY homeowners

Official Cash Rate

The GUY that keeps hiking your mortgage payments is reappointment as Reserve Bank Governor

Tui Billboard

Ardern asks banks to reassess record profit-making in light of cost-of-living crisis

Wellington propertymarket

HOUSING SHOCK: ANZ warns house prices will fall at least 27%

mortgage expert

Official Cash Rate explainer: Why interest rate hikes are the go-to response

Affordable Housing

NZ CRISIS: Homeowners expect to struggle when the OCR goes higher

Broker

‘Worse than the most pessimistic predictions’: Economists warn of more rate hikes

Wellington's housing market

Interest rate rise will cause MASSIVE ‘pain for another year’

Affordable Housing

The Reserve Bank continues to inflict pain on Kiwi mortgage holders

house prices

Kiwis warned 2023 will be tough and uncomfortable

Reserve Bank

More pain predicted for mortgagees as Reserve Bank eyes official cash rate hike

negative interest rates

WARNING: Reserve Bank may hike the OCR to a ‘horrific’ 4.75 pct

House prices

Auckland house prices down 15 per cent

Kiwibank

Fixed mortgage rates may have peaked

Cost to service a mortgage ‘alarmingly high’

Tony Alexander

Economist says house prices will keep falling through 2022, but when will they recover?

Million-dollar-plus house sales

New Zealand rate cuts and house price falls canary in the coal mine

house price growth

What the Reserve Bank has to say about OCR hike to 3% | WATCH

Reserve Bank

RBNZ increases OCR to 3.0%

MORE PAIN TO COME: Forecast suggests no OCR reductions until mid 2024

Lower Mortgage Rates

NEW HOUSING CRISIS: Homeowners brace for rise in mortgage rates

House prices

House prices fall at fastest rate in more than a decade

Affordable Housing

Kiwis in tears as New Zealand house prices plunge

house prices

SHOCK: Average asking price drops $24,500 in just four weeks | TRADE ME

Inflation

Mortgage holders to be SLAMMED more: Another big OCR expected

affordable housing

Claims of widespread mortgage stress ‘plain wrong’ despite rising interest rates – commentator

Reserve Bank

OUCH: Watch out NZ mortgage holders | RBNZ lifts OCR to 2.5%

‘Little respite’ for falling New Zealand property market

house prices

New Zealand’s housing market cooling rapidly | GLOBAL REPORT

NZ Banks

Banks pocketing more money on mortgages

Asking prices

NEW HOUSING CRISIS: Asking prices down 2 percent in just a month, largest-ever drop

Millions of Aussies under mortgage stress amid shocking rate rise | WATCH

Property Crash

NEW HOUSING CRISIS: New Zealand’s Emerging Property Disaster | WATCH

First Home Grants

Labour lead Government needs to better promote its first-home buyer support