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Rising mortgage rates: Are banks justified or price gouging?

Commentators are divided over whether banks are price gouging.

How rate hikes have hurt the economy

'Freak out factor': With so many hikes, has RBNZ done enough damage?

Fix or float? Keys to the RBNZ’s next OCR move

An economist's best guess of the RBNZ’s next rate move.

Value of troubled mortgage debt up 12pc in a month

Mortgage arrears spike, but remain well below GFC levels.

Diana Clement: Why can’t banks be open about open banking?

OPINION: They have it in Australia and the UK but why not here?

Consumer confidence up but cost of living continues to bite

ANZ Roy Morgan's consumer confidence survey this month was'"markedly up' on May.

Banks’ preparations for tough times could dampen profits

KPMG sees banks continuing to make provisions for higher bad debts.

Editorial: Hipkins gets a break as Nats focus on bread and butter

While Hipkins is away in China, National will have more of the domestic spotlight.

RBNZ confirms easing of mortgage lending restrictions

LVR rules to be loosened from June 1.

Nick Stewart: Property in 2023 - pain or gain?

When the housing bubble pops, things go downhill fast.

Mortgage pain: Second major bank lifts home loan rates after OCR hike

Westpac has made changes to its fixed and floating mortgage rates.

Adrian Orr appears before MPs: ‘It will feel painful for people’

No pain, no gain: MPs get a chance to grill Reserve Bank boss over rates hike.

Adrian Orr: Govt ‘more of a friend than foe’ in attempts to cool inflation

Reserve Bank downplays impact of government spending plans on inflation.

Peak OCR? Reserve Bank shocks market by saying it’s done enough

The Reserve Bank releases its full Monetary Policy Statement.

Giving with one hand, taking with the other: Auckland mortage payments could jump $1500 a year after Budget

Economists and mortgage brokers say interest rates could jump after Budget.

Interest repayments eating into incomes of Covid property boom buyers

Percentage of incomes being spent on mortgages surpasses "stress" threshold.