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Sam Shuttleworth: LVR speed limits designed to curb inflation and shield economy

The struggle to enter the property market for the first time has been a hot topic, from property availability to lending criteria.

Higher interest rates on horizon

The Reserve Bank has put borrowers on notice, pencilling in a full percentage point of interest rate rises next year and as much again in 2016.

Tight supply pushes house prices higher

Auckland house prices are still rising fast, as the Reserve Bank's loan-to-value ratio moves are about to be introduced next month.

Property values continue to accelerate

Rising New Zealand property values accelerated last month as the lack of listings in Canterbury and Auckland continue to overheat the market.

Exemptions lift home chances

The widespread assumption that most first home buyers will be shut out of the housing market by the Reserve Bank's curbs on low-deposit home loans may be too swift.

Brian Fallow: Wheeler batting on sticky wicket

Now that we know what the Reserve Bank is doing by way of curbs on low-deposit mortgage lending the question is whether it will work, writes Brian Fallow.

Lending curbs expected to bite

The curbs on low-deposit home lending announced by the Reserve Bank yesterday are likely to prove more restrictive than it thinks, the Bankers Association warns.

Reserve Bank fine-tunes low-equity loan restriction regime

Home prices 7.5pc above last peak

Christchurch and Auckland property prices still increasing as regions slow over winter, figures show.