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Mortgage demand lifts as interest rates stabilise: Equifax

Positive growth for mortgage demand has been recorded for the first time in two years, Equifax has found.

Non-major banks pass on February rate hike

Home loan and savings rates continue being adjusted after the latest 25-bp cash rate rise, non-major banks have announced.

NZ lifts interest rates

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has lifted the benchmark interest rate to 2 per cent, as it tries to get a handle on surging ...

Rate hikes will ‘undoubtedly harm home owners’, Hume CEO says

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s November rate hike will put further pressure on mortgagors, according to Hume Bank chief ...

Rates’ stress compounded via labour market downturn: Westpac

Household financial stress will ratchet higher as rates increase and would then be impacted by any downturn in the labour ...

RBA considering mortgage offset data in rate decisions: Lowe

Philip Lowe has said that arrears rates and inflows and outflows to offset accounts are key datasets the RBA considers when ...

RBA not intent on ‘smashing Australia’ into recession: Lowe

RBA governor Mr Philip Lowe has defended the central bank’s tactics to ‘navigate the narrow path’, a senate committee has ...

RBNZ lifts interest rates to highest in 22 years

New Zealand’s cash rate has increased by 50 bps, with rising inflation expectations said to be a key driver in the decision

Reserve Bank to hold interest rates steady

The major banks foresee no change in the cash rate during the RBA’s March meeting.

Rising interest rates will outweigh house price falls: Moody’s

Analysts have tipped house prices would need to fall by around 22 per cent in 2022 to counterbalance how much higher interest ...

SME sector feeling pressure from rising inflation, interest rates

Business owners in the SME sector are struggling to effectively manage cash flow amid rising inflation and interest rates, ...

Will interest rates be the biggest influence on housing this year?

Nearly three-quarters of real estate agents think rates will have the most significant influence on the housing market in ...

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