3 dead in Auckland CBD construction site shooting as workers flee! Was the gunman also a worker? No Chinese casualties reported so far
At around 8h this morning (20 July), gunfire shattered the peace of Auckland's CBD
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Brilliant! This development fits Auckland’s future urban direction perfectly: a prime location, high quality and compact homes designed for first-home buyers!
New Zealand online publication The Spinoff recently interviewed the council about the draft FDS, noting that, as everyone knows, Aucklanders largely rely on driving to get around
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Will next year’s DTI rules increase homebuying risks for borrowers and make approval harder? Will you still be able to secure a loan?
News that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will introduce new debt-to-income (DTI) lending rules next year immediately prompted considerable concern
OCR rises pause, but borrowers’ anxiety grows? Crucial data is due this Wednesday
Last week, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced it would hold the official cash rate (OCR) at 5.5%, marking the first pause in OCR increases in nearly two years
Rising or falling? Which of these conflicting house price reports should you believe? Do you understand the house price ‘iceberg effect’?
Just last week, 2 reports with completely opposing conclusions were released almost simultaneously, leaving the market unsure which way to turn.
Official: OCR unchanged as expected, but these latest survey findings may deserve more attention from property investors
As expected, and as outlined in YIJU’s article on Monday (click to read), the Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced today that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) would remain unchanged at 5.5%
Shocking! A New Zealand website lets tenants see how many properties their landlord owns
A website at whatdoesmylandlordown.org (‘What does my landlord own?’) has recently gone viral because users can search their rental address to find out how many properties their landlord owns
A foregone conclusion? The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announces its OCR decision this Wednesday! What other major developments deserve attention?
Many mortgage holders were visibly unsettled last week after the four major commercial banks successively announced increases in their fixed mortgage rates to their highest levels in almost a decade
The pain of high interest rates for New Zealand mortgage borrowers: ‘We will be forced to sell our only property…’
This week, four major New Zealand banks—ANZ, ASB, Westpac and Kiwibank—all raised their home loan interest rates. Yesterday, a YIJU article entitled ‘A painful reality,
A painful reality! The figures reveal how big a challenge homeowners will face when refixing their mortgages in the second half of the year
The vast majority of New Zealand mortgage borrowers prefer to fix their loans for 1–2 years, meaning the ultra-low rates they secured during the COVID pandemic are about to expire
Controversy continues! Greens propose capping annual rent increases at 3%. Would you support it?
New Zealand Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson recently proposed strict controls on annual rent increases for existing rental homes