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Property Report: Price rises unstoppable

Too many drivers are keeping the Auckland property market hot, and experts see little or no change, as David Maida discovers.

Property Report: Buyer hysteria encourages Auckland price surge

Auckland prices have been rising faster than elsewhere in the country, due to recent action by the Reserve Bank and the Govt.

Property Report: Reinventing the Kiwi property dream

The day of the Kiwi quarter-acre dream is a dream of yesteryear, especially for those of us who call Auckland home.

Time to sharpen the clippers?

To cut or not to cut? That is the question the Reserve Bank confronts ahead of next week's official cash rate decision, writes Brian Rudman.

Loan rules cut turnover by 8pc

Given how large the imbalances in the Auckland housing market are, house price growth is likely to persist in the near term.

Mark Lister: Fairer capital gains taxation the best approach

We might never see a CGT in this country, which could well be a good thing given the compromises that would likely be part of its introduction, writes Mark Lister.

Inflation expectations creep higher in June survey

Businesses have lifted their expectations for inflation, sapping immediate pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.

RBNZ housing speech sparked action

Prime Minister John Key all but conceded that pressure from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for action on house prices was a catalyst for recent announcements.

Bernard Hickey: Watch that LVR twist

Watching the Reserve Bank grapple with the housing market has been like watching someone blowing up a long party balloon and trying to twist it into one of those sausage dogs.

Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons: Tax change the right pin to pop Auckland's housing bubble

Auckland's housing market is almost certainly in bubble territory, write Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons. Here's their plan to avoid a crisis.

Bank pushes open door to cash rate cut

The Reserve Bank has opened the door to a cut in the official cash rate, but the conditionality attached suggests any decision to go through with it remains some way off.

OCR left unchanged at 3.5pc

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Shadow board opts to hold OCR at 3.5%

NZIER's shadow monetary policy board thinks the Reserve Bank should leave the official cash rate unchanged at 3.5 per cent tomorrow but sees a cut as the next best option.

Cash rate tipped to hold, for now

The Reserve Bank is expected to keep its official cash rate unchanged at 3.5 per cent on Thursday but in the accompanying statement to shift the guidance needle slightly to the easier side of neutral.

Bernard Hickey: Land tax the fairest route

Land tax might be one of the answers to reducing tax incentives for rental property investors, writes Bernard Hickey.

Bank boss fuels talk of rate cut

A speech by the Reserve Bank's assistant governor and chief economist John McDermott gives support to market expectations that the next move in interest rates is likely to be down.

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