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With interest rates just a fraction from the bottom, things on the home front (particularly in the South Island) are starting to look up. But overseas, there's a whole raft of factors playing out causing uncertainty and volatility over the future of longer-term interest rates. Here's the latest on interest rates, house prices, and the domestic and global economy.
Stats NZ's monthly card spending data is often seen as an indicator of economic health—and if the latest numbers are anything to go by, we're a country still deep in recession. But card spending data only represents one part of the equation, says Rodney Dickens, and the reality is things aren't as bad as they first appear.
You've probably heard everyone saying "it's a buyer's market out there right now"—but what does that actually mean? How did we get here? And how can first home buyers make the most of it? Read on for some essential tips and tricks.
It’s tempting to place the blame for slow off-plan sales solely on oversupply—and there are certainly pockets of the market where that’s an issue. But there’s another big force at play that’s putting buyers off new builds: and it’s bad design.
