Official Cash Rate

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

2025-10-07

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

2025-07-09

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

2025-05-28

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

2025-05-10

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

2025-04-17

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

2025-02-27

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

2025-02-19

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

2025-02-16

2025: Official Cash Rate (Predictions) | WATCH

2025-01-06

MASSIVE OCR cut possible next month

2024-10-22

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

2024-10-07

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

2024-10-07

MORTGAGE WARS: Major bank cuts mortgage rates

2024-10-02

MORTGAGE WARS: Home loan rates below 6 percent

2024-09-14

How low will mortgage rates fall?

2024-08-19

The Reserve Bank are under massive pressure to drop interest rates

2024-08-09

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

2024-08-05

Let the Mortgage WARS begin

2024-08-01

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

2024-07-22

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

2024-07-18

Expert expects mortgage interest rates to come down | WATCH

2024-07-12

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

2024-06-12

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

2024-05-22

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

2024-05-15

Australian house prices are on fire | WATCH

2024-04-02

ASB: Tough times almost over

2024-03-27

Major bank slashes mortgage rates

2024-03-11

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

2024-03-04

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

2024-02-28

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

2024-02-21

What the HELL is going on with interest rate expectations?

2024-02-13

Don’t get too excited about interest rate cuts

2024-01-30

MORTGAGE WAR? Kiwibank cuts mortgage rates

2024-01-16

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

2023-12-07

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

2023-11-27

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

2023-11-18

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

2023-11-01

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

2023-10-31

Banks are lifting mortgage rates despite the OCR being on hold

2023-10-25

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

2023-10-05

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

2023-08-21

Prospects of prolonged mortgage rate discomfort persist

2023-08-17

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

2023-08-17

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

2023-08-16

HSBC Predicts a 5% Increase in House Prices for 2024

2023-07-25

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

2023-07-17

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

2023-07-12

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

2023-07-11

Bank Raises One-Year Mortgage Rate Above 7%

2023-07-03

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

2023-06-17

HEADS UP: Mortgage rates unlikely to drop

2023-06-16

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

2023-06-14

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

2023-06-06

What the OCR hike means for house prices

2023-05-25

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

2023-05-25

Official Cash Rate Increase | Official Statement (WATCH)

2023-05-24

Too many good landlords leaving the housing market

2023-05-23

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

2023-05-22

RBNZ continues to knock the stuffing out of housing market

2023-05-08

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

2023-04-04

Ready for more RBNZ inflicted pain New Zealand?

2023-04-03

Majority of mortgage holders facing interest rate hikes within next year

2023-03-28

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

2023-03-23

‘Real recession’ still to come – economist

2023-03-17

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

2023-03-07

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

2023-03-01

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

2023-02-27

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

2023-02-23

OCR might be up, but borrowers have options | WATCH

2023-02-22

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

2023-01-25

Buyers and sellers should take their opportunities now

2023-01-19

The six week window | NZ home buyers

2023-01-12

Mortgage brokers key to greater activity this summer

2022-12-22

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

2022-12-08

Hold on KIWI mortgage holders – ANZ lifts home loan rates

2022-11-29

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

2022-11-23

Reserve Bank tipped to hike official cash rate

2022-11-21

House sellers need to engage the best

2022-11-15

Reserve Bank created ‘perfect storm’ for inequality

2022-11-14

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

2022-10-24

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

2022-10-19

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

2022-10-13

Bank tells struggling customers to contact them as rate hikes bite

2022-10-12

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

2022-10-07

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

2022-10-03

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

2022-09-17

Fixed mortgage rates may have peaked

2022-08-29

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

2022-08-25

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

2022-08-19

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

2022-08-17

NEW HOUSING CRISIS: Homeowners brace for rise in mortgage rates

2022-08-17

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

2022-08-16

Mortgage holders to be SLAMMED more: Another big OCR expected

2022-07-19

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

2022-07-15

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

2022-07-13

‘Little respite’ for falling New Zealand property market

2022-07-11

Major banks cut two-year mortgage rate

2022-07-06

Banks pocketing more money on mortgages

2022-06-28

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

2022-06-09

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

2022-06-07

Lending on new mortgages plummets

2022-05-31

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

2022-05-27

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

2022-05-26

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

2022-05-25

Activity lightens but not a buyers’ market yet

2022-05-12

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

2022-04-28

Record high dwelling consents

2022-04-20

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

2022-04-19

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

2022-04-19

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

2022-04-13

Reserve Bank lifts OCR

2022-04-13

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

2022-04-13

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

2022-04-12

Renters should see a mortgage broker

2022-04-01

MARKET CORRECTION: Kiwi house sellers start to adjust their sights

2022-03-09