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![Home loan affordability dips in June](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Home loan affordability dips in June
New Zealand home loan affordability worsened slightly in June from May as the median house price nudged up faster than incomes.
![<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: Chilling levels of household debt finally dawns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: Chilling levels of household debt finally dawns
NZers will look back on the winter of 2010 as the moment we finally realised the last decade of growth was a sham.
![Interest rates tipped to rise despite CPI dip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Interest rates tipped to rise despite CPI dip
Economists expect the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates further late this month, despite lower than expected inflation figures.
![Property prices firm up in June, but turnover low](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Property prices firm up in June, but turnover low
House prices firmed up last month, but turnover stayed low said the Real Estate Institute.
![Kiwibank growth slows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Kiwibank growth slows
Kiwibank had slowing growth and shrinking margins in the March quarter, says KPMG.
![Kiwibank follows rivals with big mortgage rate cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Kiwibank follows rivals with big mortgage rate cuts
Kiwibank, which led its rivals in cutting two-year fixed home loan rates last week, has now followed them by reducing its three, four and five year rates.
![Mortgage rates hike - all the banks now up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Mortgage rates hike - all the banks now up
All the major trading banks have now lifted their mortgage rates, with BNZ becoming the last to move following the recent OCR hike.
![South Canty Finance changes prospectus after Hubbard fraud probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
South Canty Finance changes prospectus after Hubbard fraud probe
Sth Canterbury Finance has stopped accepting deposits while it changes its prospectus.
![Hubbard hits back at 'misguided' Govt action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Hubbard hits back at 'misguided' Govt action
Hubbard is defending his actions, while one investor says he had been told he was investing in a "trust fund".
![<i>Mary Holm</i>: Sell or rent? Look at the big picture](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
<i>Mary Holm</i>: Sell or rent? Look at the big picture
Personal finance writer Mary Holm shares her best advice and tips.
![ANZ, National Bank raise interest rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
ANZ, National Bank raise interest rates
ANZ and National Bank have announced increases to their variable mortgage and savings account rates of around 25 basis points.
![ASB lifts interest rates - first bank to move](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
ASB lifts interest rates - first bank to move
ASB Bank has become the first big bank to lift its interest rates - and it says there are more to come.
![<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Why house prices will fall 15 per cent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Why house prices will fall 15 per cent
New Zealand's housing market is running out of puff.
![OCR up, mortgages to rise $10 a week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
OCR up, mortgages to rise $10 a week
The average floating mortgage is expected to rise by $10 a week after the Reserve Bank lifted the OCR for the first time since 2007.
![<i>Brian Fallow :</i> A lot of assumptions in OCR move](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
<i>Brian Fallow :</i> A lot of assumptions in OCR move
For borrowers the Reserve Bank's statement makes dispiriting reading...