Banking and financeLong-term mortgage rates warBanks are slashing their long-term mortgage rates, with customers tied up for longer periods likely to save thousands.25 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeHome loans and risks in Reserve Bank sightsDebate about rising house prices in Auckland and elsewhere has included discussion on the risk weights the Reserve Bank requires banks to apply to their housing lending.25 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeStock Takes: Busy year ahead for NZX listings?This year is shaping up to be a very busy one for new sharemarket listings...24 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeProduction barely expandsThe manufacturing sector ended 2012 much as it had spent the whole year, just barely on the right side of the line between expansion and contraction, the BNZ-Business New Zealand performance of manufacturing index (PMI) indicates.24 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeASB cuts mortgage ratesASB Bank has today announced reductions to its three, four and five-year fixed home loan rates.21 Jan 01:00 AM
Banking and financeRush for home loansMortgage approvals reached their highest levels in almost four years last month, as people rushed to make the most of low interest rates.17 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeNo cash to teach investorsNew Zealand's investment regulator has no budget to help investors gain a better understanding of where to put their cash.17 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeHubbard claims cause little surpriseClaims that late Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard misled investors came as no surprise to those still waiting for money out of his collapsed financial empire.14 Jan 04:30 PM
BDBDBanking and financeHubbard misled investors, says reportTimaru businessman Allan Hubbard misled investors in his tangled affairs, says a report written shortly before his death in a car accident in September, 2011.13 Jan 08:30 PM
Banking and financeForecasters tipping tiny inflation riseEconomists expect next to no inflation when the December quarter consumer price index is released on Friday.13 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannDann: Brokers and bankers all in a buzzThe local market has been hotter than the mid-January sun for the past few weeks, writes Liam Dann. Market reports have been noting fresh five-year highs nearly every day.13 Jan 04:30 PM
Banking and financeTime to fix mortgage has comeFloating mortgage holders could save more than $700 million this year by switching to a two-year fixed rate, statistics show.12 Jan 04:30 PM
