<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Housing habits hard to shake
The housing market has started to simmer again.
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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.
Kiwibank cuts rates to spark quiet property market
Kiwibank has cut its 2 year fixed mortgage rate to 6.59pc, to try and spice up housing demand.
Scam victim left $600k in debt
A real estate agent who bought a $1.27 million home with a complete stranger was a victim of an elaborate property scam and has been left with a $600,000 debt.
Ex-agent found guilty of $13m property fraud
A former Auckland Barfoot & Thompson real estate agent has been found guilty of mortgage fraud totalling $13 million.
$572pw: Auckland's mortgages soar
Homes are at their most affordable in six years - apart from in Auckland, where the average weekly mortgage is more than $570 a week.
Start buying houses, says Kiwibank boss
New Kiwibank head Paul Brock is urging potential first home buyers not to be spooked and to go out and buy, so long as they can afford to.
The great American mortgage crisis deepens
After the Subprime Mortgage Mess, the US Foreclosure Fiasco.
<i>Andrew Hooker:</i> How insurers accuse customers of dishonesty
You might be surprised how often insurance companies call their customers liars, fraudsters or criminals, and the flimsy basis on which they sometimes do so.
Most Kiwis will have a few dollars more tomorrow
The "GST-income tax switch" will from tomorrow leave the vast majority of income earners with at least a few more dollars in their pockets each week.
Ex-agent 'conned' $10m loans
An ex-real estate agent allegedly used fake paperwork to secure bank mortgages in other people's names as part of an elaborate property scam involving more than $10m.