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Home loan affordability improves to best levels in 7 years

Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 1:00 pm | Interest.co.nz

Home loan affordability improved in February and early March to its best levels in 7 years as flat to falling house prices in most areas and a large reduction in floating mortgage rates after the February 22 earthquake boosted home buyers’ purchasing ... More >>

NZ home loan affordability worsens slightly

Monday, 19 July 2010, 1:37 pm | Interest.co.nz

New Zealand home loan affordability worsened slightly in June from May as the median house price nudged up faster than incomes, the Roost Home Loan Affordability report shows. However, affordability is set to improve through July as average two year ... More >>

NZ Home Loan Affordability Worsens

Monday, 26 April 2010, 5:39 pm | Interest.co.nz

New Zealand home loan affordability worsened slightly in March from February as house prices nudged higher, more than offsetting a slight fall in fixed mortgage rates, interest.co.nz’s Home Loan Affordability report shows. More >>

NZ home loan affordability steady in February

Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 2:53 pm | Interest.co.nz

New Zealand home loan affordability was steady in February from January as house prices and interest rates were broadly unchanged, interest.co.nz’s Home Loan Affordability report shows. More >>

NZ home loan affordability improves

Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 2:28 pm | Interest.co.nz

New Zealand home loan affordability improved slightly in January after a fall in median house prices more than offset a small increase in fixed mortgage rates interest.co.nz’s home loan affordability report shows. More >>

Home Loan Affordability Worst Since late 20008

Monday, 26 October 2009, 12:55 pm | Interest.co.nz

Rising house prices and interest rates combined in September to weaken home loan affordability to its worst level since December 2008, the BNZ Home Loan Affordability measure shows. More >>

Home loan affordability worsens as prices bounce

Monday, 20 July 2009, 12:20 pm | Interest.co.nz

The BNZ Home Loan Affordability measure worsened in June from May, thanks to a slight rise in average fixed mortgage rates and an increase in the median house price. The rise in both house prices and interest rates helped increase the proportion of after-tax ... More >>

Home loan affordability improves

Thursday, 18 June 2009, 12:05 pm | Interest.co.nz

The BNZ Home Loan Affordability measure improved in May from April, which was the first monthly improvement in 2009. A slight fall in the median house price and flat interest rates helped reduce the proportion of after-tax pay needed to service a ... More >>

Home Loan Affordability report from interest.co.nz

Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 9:43 am | Interest.co.nz

Home loan affordability steady at best level in 4 years, but trend improving The New Zealand Housing Affordability measure from interest.co.nz was largely unchanged in February as a small rise in the median house price offset the benefits of another ... More >>

Home Loan Affordability report from interest.co.nz

Monday, 16 February 2009, 9:14 am | Interest.co.nz

Housing affordability improved a record amount to its best levels in 5 years in January because of further falls in house prices and a sharp reduction in mortgage interest costs, a monthly survey by interest.co.nz has found. More >>

Home loan affordability improves

Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 2:00 pm | Interest.co.nz

Plunging mortgage rates and another fall in house prices improved home loan affordability by a record amount in December to its best level in 4 years, the monthly Home Loan Affordability report from financial information website www.interest.co.nz shows. ... More >>

Lower rates power record affordability improvement

Monday, 15 December 2008, 1:00 pm | Interest.co.nz

A sharp reduction in mortgage rates drove a record improvement in housing affordability in November to its best level in 3 and a half years, the Wizard Home Loans Affordability report shows. More >>

Housing Affordability Best In Two And A Half Years

Friday, 21 November 2008, 12:02 pm | Interest.co.nz

Tax cuts on October 1, strong wage growth and lower interest rates combined to improve housing affordability to its best level since May 2006, the Wizard Home Loans Affordability report for October shows. More >>

Call for bipartisan move to insure bank deposits

Monday, 6 October 2008, 12:59 am | Interest.co.nz

Financial news and information website www.interest.co.nz has called on the major political parties to work with the Reserve Bank to create a bank deposit insurance scheme that gives further reassurance to savers as the global credit crunch worsens. More >>

Lower rates improving home loan affordabity

Monday, 18 August 2008, 12:44 am | Interest.co.nz

Falling interest rates improved housing affordability in July to its best level since February 2007, the Wizard Home Loans Affordability report shows. More >>

Affordability report: record improvement

Friday, 18 July 2008, 12:26 am | Interest.co.nz

Falling interest rates and lower house prices improved housing affordability in June to its best level since February 2007, the Wizard Home Loans Affordability report shows. The improvement in June was the biggest in the 6 and a half year history of ... More >>

Housing affordability best in over a year

Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 1:43 pm | Interest.co.nz

Lower interest rates and flat house prices helped improve housing affordability in May to its best level in more than a year, the Wizard Home Loans affordability report shows. More >>

Housing affordability hits record lows

Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 1:19 pm | Interest.co.nz

A slight blip up in the median house price in March and the relentless rise in interest rates have combined to shunt New Zealand housing affordability to a record low. More >>

www.interest.co.nz fastest growing business site

Monday, 14 April 2008, 2:23 pm | Interest.co.nz

Auckland, April 14 - Traffic to investing news and information website www.interest.co.nz leapt 28% in March, extending its strong start to 2008 after the addition of news, commentary and blogging sections. More >>

Fairfax Media home loan affordability reports

Thursday, 20 March 2008, 1:41 pm | Interest.co.nz

For February 2008     Rising interest rates cancel out falling house prices; houses still unaffordable   The global credit market turmoil that has increased New Zealand fixed mortgage rates in the last month can take some of the blame for houses remaining ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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