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09/10/2026

Tony Alexander: Where real estate agents are seeing the steepest house price falls

The housing market is stuck in soft mode.

22/09/2026

BNZ has lowered one key fixed home loan rate, but raised most others.

The bank this morning cut its two year rate by 10 basis points to 5.35%. It also held its 18-month rate at 5.29%.

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All major banks lifted floating rates in the wake of the Reserve Bank lifting the official cash rate at the start of the month.

18/09/2026

New Zealand property values dipped under $800,000 in August amid subdued market conditions, new data from property market researcher Cotality show.

The housing market remains in a 'holding pattern', a property market researcher says.

03/09/2026

Tony Alexander: What the latest OCR hike means for mortgage rates and house prices

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As expected, the Reserve Bank has pushed the cash rate to 2.75%.

03/09/2026

New Zealand's largest bank is the first in the country to announce changes to its interest rates following today's official cash rate hike.

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The Reserve Bank lifted the OCR by 25 basis points to 2.75% this afternoon, its second consecutive increase after raising it to 2.50% in July.

21/08/2026

11/08/2026

ASB has become the latest major bank to lift its fixed home loan rates, following increased wholesale funding costs driven by new escalations in the Middle East.

The bank joins the country's largest bank, ANZ, along with Westpac and BNZ, in raising home loan and term deposit rates.

04/08/2026

The country's largest bank has raised its fixed home loan rates by up to 0.26%, blaming a surge in wholesale funding costs driven by the Middle East conflict.

ANZ said its fixed home loan rates would rise across terms of six months to three years, effective Thursday.