Recovery? Don’t bet the house on it
The housing market is all over the place if the reports from a throng of organisations lately are to be believed....
05 July, 2009
How to read the numbers! Real Estate.
This guide to the data-issuers in the housing, farming and construction sectors gives a spread of the range of facts and associated opinions being issued....
05 July, 2009
Housing market could bloom in spring – website
A June snapshot of the residential property market showed stability returning, says the website Realestate.co.nz....
30 June, 2009
Refocused immigration policy could boost trade
Refocusing immigration policy to target migrants from developing countries could boost trade opportunities, according to the NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER)....
30 June, 2009
Recession rumbles on
The economy has suffered its first annual decline in Gross Domestic Product in 17 years. Statistics New Zealand said today GDP for the year to March shrank 1 percent....
26 June, 2009
Economy inching towards growth
OPINION: There is growing evidence that the New Zealand economy is near the bottom of the economic cycle and we can expect some growth to resume in the very near future....
25 June, 2009
Choose mortgage deal carefully
Rod Oram argues here http://www.stuff.co.nz/business that it’s time we revolt against the big banks because they are “enjoying excessively healthy lending margins”. ...
25 June, 2009
Employers show signs of putting axe away
We have travelled the country to learn how people are coping with the recession. ...
23 June, 2009
Migration at six-year high
New Zealand’s annual net migration shot up in May, and annual visitor numbers from Australia topped 1 million for the first time, providing more hopes “green shoots” are growing through the economy....
22 June, 2009