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Jenée Tibshraeny: Budget a taste of what's to come if we don't control inflation

How Budget 2022 is characterised by inflation.

IMF suggests mortgage lending restrictions could be eased

The housing market is cooling - should the Reserve Bank ease LVR restrictions?

Watch: Larger house price falls possibility, Reserve Bank warns

The Reserve Bank has released its six-monthly report on NZ's financial stability.

Fewer people borrowing, more missed debt payments

Mortgage applications are down 12 per cent compared to last year.

Mortgage wars: How to beat the banks at their own game

With tough new lending rules, here's how to give yourself the edge with the bank.

'Judgment day' looms for borrowers as interest, inflation soar

A $600k mortgage could soon cost an extra $200/week yet many borrowers are ahead on loans.

Surging mortgage rates: Reserve Bank fears thousands of first-home buyers in trouble

Thousands of first home buyers could be in trouble as interest rates rise.

Liam Dann: OCR double hike signals Reserve Bank ready to move faster on inflation

RBNZ looks prepared to hike rates faster but not necessarily to a higher peak.

The $2500 hitch: ANZ reopens door to low-deposit home loan borrowers

Borrowers will have to meet a number of criteria to qualify.

Clark rebuffs National lending offer

David Clark has rebuffed a National offer to fix the mortgage lending crisis.

David Clark: Govt will move quickly on credit law changes

The minister said he had already received feedback from the banks.

Editorial: Time for economy to take its medicine

OPINION: Our editorial picks interest rates to rise again next week...and keep rising.

Half of first-home buyers could be in mortgage distress when rates rise

The warning comes from a Reserve Bank briefing to Finance Minister Grant Robertson.

National promises bill to fix credit crunch

Nicola Willis and Andrew Bayly think they have a fix to home buyers' credit woes.

The Covid impact: Kiwis want bigger, better homes and to move away from Auckland

Renovation is high on the list for those staying put: survey

Credit crunch or responsible lending? Has the law gone too far?

The consumer finance law was tightened on December 1 but has it gone too far?