Real estate agents across Canterbury are experiencing an increased number of off-shore inquiries from New Zealanders based overseas. Bayleys residential and projects divisional manager Justin Haley said the company had received about 24 off-shore inquiries from New...

It will now be easier to get a bank loan to buy a house, with the removal of loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions by the Reserve Bank which is now in play. Restrictions were imposed in October 2013, meaning no more than 10 per cent of banks' new mortgages by value...

It is hard not to fret about the country's economic stability when the Reserve Bank is spending tens of billions of dollars on quantitative easing and government debt is spiralling. These are frightening and difficult times for the tens of thousands of people that are...

Tony Alexander is an economics commentator and former chief economist for BNZ. He believes we are probably in recession which will continue shrinking through to the September or December quarters. The ban on foreign visitors is the biggest hit to our economy. Inward...

First and foremost, don’t panic. Everything is going to be fine. The fundamental indicators of the economy have been very strong, government debt is extremely low, and like the banks of the 2008 GFC, property investors are too big to fail. Some good stuff to consider...

OPINION: In my investing career I can remember five major events where fear and panic smashed financial markets - the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, Sars in 2003, the 2008 global financial crisis, and now coronavirus. The fact...

Statistics NZ on Monday said New Zealand's population passed 5 million in March as the country went into lockdown. "This is a significant event for New Zealand," said population insights senior manager Brooke Theyers. "It is also the fastest million in our history,...

Right now, buying and selling houses brings uncertainty for many people. Do you risk it? Will we see a big downward swing in prices due to unemployment? Are the smart people going to wait in the wings for other people’s desperation and snap up a bargain? Let’s put...

From Monday, Kiwibank will offer the rate on new and existing one-year fixed term loans to people with at least 20 percent equity.  ASB has announced the same rate will be available to its customers for a fixed period of two years.   Based on Kiwibank's average...