Business Premium Valocity eyeing $1 trillion Indian housing market The Indian real estate sector is expected to contribute 13% of the country’s GDP by 2025. Nathan Smith Fri, 30 Nov 2018 ValocityIndiaMortgagereal estate
Business Premium Reserve Bank tipped to ease mortgage lending restrictions Softer restrictions on low deposit loans could be announced at end of the month. Andrew Bevin Thu, 01 Nov 2018 MortgageReserve BankASBANZ National BankWestpac
LVR tinkering shows Reserve Bank not immune to lobbying, NZIER says The Reserve Bank's exemption of new home building from low-equity mortgage limits, just two months after they were introduced, shows the central bank isn't immune to lobbying and highlights the lim Wed, 11 Jul 2018 EconomyReserve BankMortgagereal estatePhil TwyfordGrant SpencerGraeme Wheelermoney and monetary policycentral bankconstruction and propertyloan marketLVRs
Low-equity loan limits worth one or two rate hikes, says RBNZ’s Spencer The Reserve Bank's speed limits on low-equity mortgage lending helped stifle inflationary pressures by an amount similar to one or two interest rate hikes and may have taken pressure off the high v Wed, 11 Jul 2018 EconomyMortgagemoney and monetary policyReserve Bankhousing and urban planningGrant Spencer
Reserve Bank to keep LVR limits until late this year, Spencer says The Reserve Bank won't start lifting restrictions on home loans with small deposits any earlier than late in the year, with the limits cooling demand in the country's housing market, deputy gover Wed, 11 Jul 2018 MortgageGrant SpencerBusinessDeskcentral bankregulatory policy and organisationhousing and urban planninglvr limits
Kiwibank first-half profit falls 10% on tight margins, capital spend Kiwibank, the biggest profit generator for state-owned parent New Zealand Post, said first-half profit fell 10 percent because of a squeeze on lending margins and infrastructure spending. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 kiwibankbankingMortgageearningsPaul Brockstate-owned enterpriseloan market
Westpac NZ sees LVR speed limits slowing housing credit as business lending picks up Wed, 11 Jul 2018 WestpacbankingMortgageearningsPeter ClareBusinessDeskloan market
Steaming property market cools as home loan restrictions, rising mortgage rates bite New Zealand's property market has cooled a little as restrictions on the level of low-equity home loans and rising mortgage rates have tempered demand in recent months, the Reserve Bank says. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 OCRMortgagecentral bankinterest rateregulatory policy and organisationhousing and urban planningReserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler
RBNZ says too early to assess impact of low equity loan limits The Reserve Bank says it's too early to draw conclusions on the impact of its restrictions on low equity home loans, though the early indications are that they've have tweaked lenders' behaviour. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 Reserve BankbankingMortgageBusinessDeskGraeme Wheelercentral bankhouse buildinghousing and urban planning
FMA pings mortgage brokers over late annual reports The Financial Markets Authority has charged two contributory mortgage brokers for failing to file their annual reports on time. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 CourtMortgagefinancial statementregulatory policy and organisationBelinda Moffatfinancial markers authority