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Are you the perfect home loan borrower?

Home loan rates are pretty low at the moment but could you be getting an even better deal by being the ideal borrower?

NZ's newest million-dollar suburbs

Which suburbs now have a median house price of more than a million dollars?

Kick-start loss a kick in guts for KiwiSaver

Auckland property market heating up?

Chinese buyers could be back in the Auckland property market and if not now, they would be soon, experts say.

Paul Little: Stealing from Peter to pay Paul

When it comes to cracking down on people not paying what they should, beneficiaries are much easier to go after, writes Paul Little.

Second 'first home' tricky after divorce

Previous homeowners are able to get back into the housing market using KiwiSaver if they're in the same financial position as a first-home buyer.

Stepping back on to KiwiSaver ladder

Let's get you back on the KiwiSaver ladder, step by step, writes Mary Holm.

Brent Sheather: Financial Markets Conduct Act - still a work in progress

Brent Sheather talks about the Financial Markets Conduct Act.

Harcourts' northern data shows 17pc price jump

Sales data from New Zealand's biggest real estate agency showed a 17 per cent annual price jump for Auckland and Northland.

QUIZ: Are you smarter than a teenager?

Kiwi teens lack budgeting and financial skills. Can you do better?

Brent Sheather: Torture file

There is an old saying, popular with economists, that if you torture data sufficiently it will confess to anything, writes Brent Sheather.

India welcomes foreign companies, but is it ready?

The prime minister wooed investors at a glitzy event, but executives said more reforms are needed.

KiwiSaver: How sick do you have to be?

KiwiSaver can be dipped into if you are suffering from serious illness or financial hardship, but the bar is, understandably, set fairly high.

Bernard Hickey: Danger lurks in falling prices

Central banks in the Euro zone - Sweden, Japan, Denmark and Switzerland - now have negative interest rates on the money deposited with them by banks.

Erceg brother's quest hits a brick wall

Bid to uncover liquor magnate's trust records is dealt another blow.

Diana Clement: Read the fine print if you want NZ Super

Every year some find they can't get the 'universal' retirement pension, writes Diana Clement.

What Kiwis do with their tax refunds

Spend or save? Kiwis have been surveyed on their tax refund habits.

Should you swap cc for peer-to-peer loan?

Peer-to-peer lending is relatively new but there are now companies licensed to operate online platforms, matching up borrowers with lenders.