Official Cash Rate

Mortgage Pain

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

OCR

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

OCR prediction

OCR Prediction: Will the Reserve Bank Raise or Hold Interest Rates This Week?

OCR HIKE

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

First home buyers

More Banks Slash Mortgage Rates Ahead of Major Reserve Bank Decision — Is This the Start of a Rate War?

OCR

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

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

These Banks are Screwing us

Banks Are Bleeding Kiwis Dry – And No One’s Coming to Help | WATCH

negative interest rates

ANZ Just Dropped a Bombshell Forecast: Major RBNZ Rate Cuts Coming – Here’s What It Means for YOU

Online mortgage inquiry

Unbelievable Mortgage Rates | Unmatched 4.39% Deal for First-Home Buyers

Roommates laughing out loud on the sofa

OCR Cut: What It Means for House Prices and Your Mortgage

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

house prices

2025: Official Cash Rate (Predictions) | WATCH

OCR

MASSIVE OCR cut possible next month

RBNZ

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

Reserve Bank’s Next Move: Will a Super-Sized OCR Cut Shock the Market?

Banking system

MORTGAGE WARS: Major bank cuts mortgage rates

NZ Banks

MORTGAGE WARS: Home loan rates below 6 percent

Mortgage rates

How low will mortgage rates fall?

OCR

The Reserve Bank are under massive pressure to drop interest rates

RBNZ

NZ’s Official cash rate predicted to drop to 5%

Let the Mortgage WARS begin

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

house prices

Aussie house prices are on fire BUT New Zealand house prices plummet

house prices

OCR 5.50% – Official Cash Rate to remain putting massive pressure on kiwi homeowners

Homeowner stress

PAIN CONTINUES FOR MORTGAGE HOLDERS: Don’t expect the OCR to come down soon

Sydney Opera House

Australian house prices are on fire | WATCH

mortgage stress

ASB: Tough times almost over

Mortgage Calculator

Major bank slashes 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

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

Stressed woman

Inflation is remaining stubbornly high at 5.6 percent – expect mortgage rate rises in 2024

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)

Stressed woman

11.7 percent of New Zealanders are behind on debt repayments | RBNZ

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

Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank has maintained interest rates for the fourth consecutive meeting

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

Cash rate

Warning interest rates could rise again following latest OCR announcement | WATCH

house prices

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

HSBC

HSBC Predicts a 5% Increase in House Prices for 2024

Kiwibank

Kiwibank increases interest rates for home loans, with the standard one-year rate reaching close to 8%

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%

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

Mortgage lending

What the OCR hike means for house prices

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr

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

Reserve Bank

Official Cash Rate Increase | Official Statement (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

Stressed woman

RBNZ continues to knock the stuffing out of housing market

Homeowner stress

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

Ready for more RBNZ inflicted pain New Zealand?

Kelvin Davidson

Majority of mortgage holders facing interest rate hikes within next year

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

Westpac

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

property market recovery

Economist explains what the recent OCR hike means for Kiwis’ mortgage repayments | WATCH

Reserve Bank

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

interest rate rises

OCR might be up, but borrowers have options | WATCH

Corelogic senior property economist Kelvin Davidson

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

Tim Kearins

Buyers and sellers should take their opportunities now

Tim Kearins

The six week window | NZ home buyers

Julius Capilitan

Mortgage brokers key to greater activity this summer

John Key

Sir John reveals what it would take for housing market to ‘really crack’

Banking system

Hold on KIWI mortgage holders – ANZ lifts home loan rates

RBNZ

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

interest rate rises

Reserve Bank tipped to hike official cash rate

Century 21 - Tim Kearins

House sellers need to engage the best

Adrian Orr

Reserve Bank created ‘perfect storm’ for inequality

mortgage expert

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

Broker

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

house prices

House prices falling but mortgage rates going up: Is it a good time to buy? | WATCH

farmers

Bank tells struggling customers to contact them as rate hikes bite

Wellington's housing market

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

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

Kiwibank

Fixed mortgage rates may have peaked

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

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

HSBC economist Paul Bloxham

‘Hard landing’ likely for NZ’s economy as another OCR hike predicted

Inflation

Mortgage holders to be SLAMMED more: Another big OCR expected

First home

‘Scary’ time for first-home-buyers | WATCH

Reserve Bank

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

‘Little respite’ for falling New Zealand property market

Major banks cut two-year mortgage rate

NZ Banks

Banks pocketing more money on mortgages

new home loans

NZ bank offers 1% cash boost for new home loans, up to $10k

Reserve Bank set to lift cash rate in another hike | WATCH

Broker

Lending on new mortgages plummets

Official Cash Rate rise wipes out Government’s $350 cost-of-living bonus

REALLY? Reserve Bank governor says economy can handle higher interest rates | WATCH

OCR

MORTGAGE SHOCK COMING: NZ’s Official Cash Rate (OCR) increased to 2% | Australia’s is 0.35%

Century 21 - Tim Kearins

Activity lightens but not a buyers’ market yet

“Mortgage earthquake” erupts under New Zealand’s housing market

dwelling consents

Record high dwelling consents

ASB

ASB predicts another 50 basis point official cash rate hike next month

Official cash rate hiked to 1.5% by NZ’s Reserve Bank | WATCH

Affordable Housing

READY FOR IT? Reserve Bank goes big and mortgage rates have further to rise

Adrian Orr

Reserve Bank lifts OCR

OCR

OCR decision: How high will the Reserve Bank take the official cash rate?

‘Runaway inflation’: Interest rates tipped to rise in this week’s Reserve Bank decision

Tim Kearins

Renters should see a mortgage broker

Nelson house prices

MARKET CORRECTION: Kiwi house sellers start to adjust their sights

First Home Buyers

‘Rather depressing’ – Official cash rate rise hits first home buyers

Tim Kearins

OCR: Interest rates remain favourable – real estate boss

Interest Rates

Mortgage broker says most home owners not in for huge shock if interest rates hiked

mortgage advisor

OCR increases and rising home loan interest rates mean households are going to have to adjust