
Study names unfair credit card companies
Hidden details about the interest charged on partly-paid or overdue credit card balances is unfairly costing customers.
Hidden details about the interest charged on partly-paid or overdue credit card balances is unfairly costing customers.
Auckland is fast catching Queenstown again as the least affordable region in New Zealand.
Home loan affordability worsened in Auckland and Northland for first home buyers last month.
Some of the tax changes under consideration would reduce house prices and raise rents, says Westpac.
Figures released today show nationwide values are up 4.1 per cent from April but still 5.9 per cent below the market peak of late 2007.
A shortage of homes for sale has pushed Auckland's residential property values higher than a year earlier, QV figures show.
Rising house prices and interest rates have combined to weaken home loan affordability to its worst level since December 2008.
Auckland house prices will rise by almost 30pc in the next three years putting the city ahead of every other region, a study predicts.
House prices will rise by 24pc over the next three years due to low interest rates and a shortage of new housing, report predicts.
For the first time in 18 months, more people think NZ house prices will rise than those expecting a fall, says ASB Bank.