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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.

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.

GST price hike warning for Fairfax
Fairfax Media has been issued a formal warning by the Commerce Commission after it claimed the GST rate hike was behind its Dominion Post cover price increase.

<i>Stock Takes:</i> Crumbling takeover
Tower's move to bid for Fidelity Life Assurance without securing support from Fidelity's major shareholders has left some wondering whether it has some underlying plan which has yet to be revealed.

Property values now 5pc below 2007
Property values across NZ have fallen 1.4pc since March, with big city valuers reporting a lack of well presented, quality properties on the market.

<i>Inside Money: </i>Reality bites KiwiSaver property scheme
Without even a goodbye another KiwiSaver scheme has slipped over the side into oblivion.