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<i>Stock Takes</i>: MD's shock resignation knocks PGG Wrightson shares
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Real estate agent gets home detention
A real estate agent has been sentenced to home detention for lying to a client about the sale of his house.

Kiwi financial confidence dips, big banks win investors hearts
Financial confidence levels have dropped back to 2009 levels, says a new survey.

$572pw: Auckland's mortgages soar
Homes are at their most affordable in six years - apart from in Auckland, where the average weekly mortgage is more than $570 a week.

More people behind on bill payments
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders are finding they can't pay their bills and going into arrears, then finding their credit record was affected, credit bureau Veda Advantage says.

Maier joins Ngai Tahu day after SCF collapse
South Canterbury Finance chief executive Sandy Maier became a director of Ngai Tahu Holdings the day after Allan Hubbard's finance company was placed in receivership.

Property: House sales sink to 10-year low
REINZ is blaming spring weather, the Canterbury quake and uncertainty over the increase in GST and tax cuts for a new low in house sales.

Increased GST rate applied to September bills
Hundreds of thousands of households have been charged the higher rate of GST for goods supplied before the GST rise took place.

Real estate agents fight back over new fees
A fees fight has broken out between the Govt's real estate agent organisation and the Real Estate Institute.

Auditor-General to review deposit guarantee scheme
Lyn Provost is to review the Crown's Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme which ended earlier this week having paid out $1.85bn.