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10/06/2026

27/05/2026

Reserve Bank decision: OCR on hold at 2.25%, warns rate rises to come sooner than forecast.

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The RBNZ will also deliver a full Monetary Policy Statement today.

27/05/2026

Property data firm Cotality is warning that increasing numbers of New Zealand mortgage holders will face higher costs over the next six to 12 months - whatever happens to the official cash rate this week.

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Cotality chief property economist Kelvin Davidson says the market is at a significant turning point, after a period where rates had fallen.

05/05/2026

BNZ has lifted some of its fixed-term mortgage rates – two of them for the second time in two weeks.

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All the major banks have increased rates in recent weeks.

01/05/2026

House prices remain stable despite sales being recorded at levels not seen since 2021, according to realestate.co.nz’s latest property report released today.

Read more: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/01/number-of-house-sales-in-march-highest-since-2021-prices-stable/

The latest property report by realestate.co.nz said, despite the increase in activity, the market is showing "levels of stability we have not seen in recent history".

16/04/2026

ANZ, the country's largest bank, is increasing some of its fixed home loan and term investment rates.

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It is raising its home loan rates on terms between one year and five years by 10 basis points or 20 basis points.

24/03/2026

ASB has raised and lowered some of its home loan rates, citing "volatile" wholesale interest rates that continued to trend higher.

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ASB has raised and lowered some of its home loan rates, citing "volatile" wholesale interest rates that continued to trend higher.

23/03/2026

Tony Alexander Survey Report March 2026

Each month we report back on the results with Tony's measured and data-driven commentary. Check out the March 2025 Investor Insight Survey Report here.

19/03/2026

A second major bank has lifted its mortgage interest rates, after Westpac announced rises on its one to five year terms.

The increases are effective immediately, the bank says.