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RBNZ proposes easing banks’ mortgage lending restrictions

LVR restrictions likely to be loosened.

Sir Paul Adams, Ted Manson: Raised in state houses, billion-dollar sales success

What can we learn from them? What is their new direction these days?

Trad front, rad back: Grey Lynn house valued at $5.6m for sale

'But a lot was done on the renovation. I spent too much on that - over $2.5m.'

Find flatmates, grow your own veges: Grim advice for new homeowners after OCR rise

Rise in the official cash rate tipped to heap big pressure on Hawke's Bay housing market.

Hefty OCR hike aimed at keeping mortgage rates where they are

Reserve Bank wants lending rates to stay put, and deposit rates to rise.

Quarter of mortgaged properties in Auckland vulnerable to flooding

The Reserve Bank concludes NZ banks are resilient to isolated climate events.

Cost of living: Food now a bigger worry than housing

Survey reveals who is feeling it the hardest.

Q&A: Construction crunch, rate hikes, falling prices - what's next for housing?

The Herald's property and personal finance experts answer your questions.

Embattled homeowners get ‘creative’ as interest payments rise $2000

Mortgage interest rates are now hovering near 7 per cent.

Households’ finances moving from squeezed to crushed, economist warns

Pressure on family budgets will become more intense this year.

Against the odds, they managed to buy a first home. Can they hang on?

They laid their dreams of home ownership bare. Eighteen months on, how have they fared?

How to cope with rising mortgage rates

The experts offer their tips for those heading towards a re-fix.

Second major bank hikes mortgage rates

Westpac follows on the back of ANZ, but by how much?

ANZ increases home loan rates - first major bank to hike after OCR rise

The move comes in the wake of last week's official cash rate hike.

Mortgage data confirms banks are well placed to help those in strife

Record low portion of mortgage debt on interest-only.

Mortgage pain: Repayments set to jump as Reserve Bank charts new path

Don't panic, says property investor.