
Big banks keep cutting interest rates
BNZ has cut a key mortgage rate this morning, following rate cutting by other banks on Saturday morning.
BNZ has cut a key mortgage rate this morning, following rate cutting by other banks on Saturday morning.
Westpac Banks says it's time to fix mortgages, ANZ says it's best to wait a bit.
ASB Bank has reported a record $372 million statutory net profit for the six months to December 31, up 31.3 per cent.
The big banks are increasing the amount of residential mortgages they're writing with loan to value ratios (LVRs) in excess of 80 per cent, after tightening home loan lending ratios during the global financial crisis.
New forecasts from the NZIER say the economy is growing slowly this year and keep growing next year, but exports are threatened by a potential global slowdown.