
Mary Holm: The ways to make your cash last in retirement
OPINION: Renting can be a better option than owning your own home.
OPINION: Renting can be a better option than owning your own home.
OPINION: You need to consider interest, taxes and fees.
Westpac announced changes to its six-month and one-year rates today.
But it isn't matching other banks which are offering 4.89% over 18 months.
Commercial property yields in NZ range from 5% to 8.38%, higher than residential.
OPINION: Young people are the only clear winners in the Budget announcements.
The average person is still paying 6% on their mortgage.
Uncertainty could spell more OCR cuts ... or not.
OPINION: Many KiwiSaver funds include high-quality bonds, except for the most risky ones.
Bank reports $525 million profit in six months.
OPINION: You never know when bad luck might strike.
OPINION: Balancing home ownership with investment strategies.
Departures following Adrian Orr's shock resignation as governor.
OPINION: Term deposit rates have fallen from 6% last year to about 4.3% now.
Monetary policy is poised to do much of the heavy lifting spurring economic growth.
The NZX slides despite some rate relief.
Higher bond yields could add hundreds of millions to the Govt's finance costs.
'The fixation with short fixes might be about to come to an end,' says Kelvin Davidson.
Home owners are switching to longer-term rates as the bottom of the cycle nears.
Mortgage arrears at their highest level since March 2017.
Will they send house prices through the roof again?
Rate relief is here! Or is it?
Another major bank has cut its fixed-term rates.
Global instability could soften domestic interest rate relief.
Banks have responded quickly to the Reserve Bank's latest OCR cut.
OPINION: The case for breaking banking loyalty and saving money.
OPINION: And why do some employers behave the same way?
Big bank says competition on interest rates is fierce.
Two economists have crunched the numbers on mortgage costs in 2025 and the news is good.
Floating or going short term makes it easier for borrowers to change bank.