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Banks slash mortgage rates after OCR cut
Banks have slashed interest rates after the Official Cash Rate was cut to a record low of 2.5 per cent.

ANZ, National banks cut mortgage rates
Sister banks ANZ and National have cut mortgage interest rates.

Equitable receiver says too soon to estimate recovery of $192m owed
The receivers of Equitable Mortgages say it's too soon to say how much of the property lender's $188.4m worth of loans they are likely to recover.

<i>Inside Money :</i> Why KiwiSaver highflyers are due to land
Both Huljich and Fidelity have recently made significant changes to their KiwiSaver businesses that point to a slowdown dead ahead.

Trauma after murder
A Kiwi mum who witnessed her husband's murder at the hands of "greedy" family members in India says she is still traumatised.

<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> Bollard bets on end to housing love affair
I worry that the banks are trying to unleash those animal spirits in the housing markets again.

Market picks no OCR rise till June
The financial market now expects the Reserve Bank will not increase the OCR from 3 to 3.25 per cent until June next year.

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Housing habits hard to shake
The housing market has started to simmer again.

Richlisters up for Govt bailout
Taxpayers could be paying as much as $178 million to bail out a failed finance company owned by one of NZ's wealthiest families.