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Admittedly, some of the data we're seeing out there still doesn't look all that flash—but we promise, there *are* definite signs that we're on the road to a slow and steady recovery. Here's the latest on what's been happening with interest rates, NZ property market, and the domestic and global economy in recent weeks.
In this month's investor update: it's been a good run, but the time has come for us to wind down our Personal Loan investment class. Plus, an update on investor wait times, loan book performance and interest rates.
Watch our latest update on interest rates and the property market - covering house prices, the economy, the OCR and where mortgage rates might be heading.
Launched with the promise of delivering an extra 100,000 (affordable) homes over 10 years, no one could accuse KiwiBuild of lacking ambition. But just six years later, and with only 2,300-odd homes to show for it, the programme was dead in the water. So just how did it all go so wrong?
