Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard warned of the need to avoid a return to a “debt-fuelled housing cycle”, as the bank published its six-monthly Financial Stability Report today....

10 November, 2009

Last month we reported on the relative high point in net permanent and long term migration levels – with New Zealand’s net gain in population rising, we showed, primarily as result of fewer departures rather than more arrivals....

10 November, 2009

An indicator of the housing market firmed in September, led by Wellington and Auckland. The Mike Pero Mortgages — Infometrics property cycle indicator lifted to 6.99 last month from 6.66 in August....

21 October, 2009

If you had $450,000 to spend on a house, where would you buy? The answer will vary wildly depending on where you work, where you grew up, where your friends are and your lifestyle....

20 September, 2009