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You can haggle, but rents will still rise
Renters can strike a bargain when moving into a vacant property but they won't avoid rental price increases, a property expert says.
Rent increases unavoidable - expert
Renters can strike a bargain when moving into a vacant property but they won't avoid rental price increases, a property expert says.
Rental prices steady across the country
Renters have been sheltered from the otherwise volatile housing market with rental prices remaining steady over the past months.
Brokerage returns clients funds
Global Brokers NZ has so far returned more than half of its clients' funds, says the Financial Markets Authority.
Oil futures rally after price slump
Oil bulls finally caught a break as prices capped their first weekly advance since November.
KiwiSaver: It pays to keep tabs on providers' fees
KiwiSavers collectively had more than $21 billion in their accounts. Those are some pretty big numbers, so what do fees mean for individual KiwiSaver balances?
Wary watch on Europe's financial markets
Financial markets will this week find whether the Swiss National Bank's fears were well-founded when the European Central Bank announces its plan to revive economic growth.
Peter Lyons: Forget evil rich - flaw is in the system
A natural outcome of a market economy must be inequality of incomes. They are a necessary and desirable outcome, writes Peter Lyons.
Iron miners making money despite crash
Mega-miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are expected to announce more record iron ore production this week despite the commodity's price dive.
Auckland prices: Mad truths
"We've got houses more expensive than LA. How is this possible?" A new survey finds Auckland's surging housing market is pricier than New York, Brisbane and Boston.
2015 looks another corker
New Zealand wine drinkers are now enjoying the results of two good vintage years and the outlook for the sector is positive.
Oil gains as drilling slows in US
Oil advanced after the International Energy Agency lowered forecasts for supplies from outside Opec and an industry report showed US companies had reduced drilling activity.
Gold miners plan wind down
Big gold producers are making plans to wind down some operations in different parts of the country while keeping a close eye on the price of the precious metal.
Auckland firm shut by franc move
Fallout from the Swiss central bank's surprise move to ditch the franc's cap against the euro spread to Queen St yesterday, with an Auckland-based currency brokerage announcing it was shutting down....
Swiss drop currency bombshell
Switzerland's central bank has dropped a bombshell on foreign exchange markets by withdrawing its currency peg against the euro, driving the Swiss franc sharply higher and pushing other currencies,....
Swiss firms hit by currency move
More than 60 billion ($116 billion) was wiped off the value of Switzerland's leading companies after the central bank scrapped the cap on the Swiss franc against the euro.
June rates rise on cards if numbers stack up
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco president John Williams, who will vote on policy this year, said raising US interest rates in June would be a close call amid "strong momentum" in the....
Kiwifruit exporters' dollar battle
Kiwifruit marketer Zespri faces a positive outlook this year but there are headwinds - the New Zealand dollar's strength against the currencies of its two biggest export destinations, Japan and....
Kiwi climbs against euro, aussie
The New Zealand dollar pushed on to a 21-month high against the euro yesterday as the spectre of deflation swept through Europe's financial markets.
NZX trades down last month in volume and value
The volume and value of cash trading on New Zealand's stock exchange fell last month from a year earlier.
Carmel Fisher: Dump emotion to win the unwinnable
If investors could be bothered wading through academic research of recent decades on markets and investor behaviour, they'd probably feel like giving investing a wide berth.
Warhol beats Picasso in auction sales
Andy Warhol was the top-selling artist at auction last year as increased competition for the most-expensive segment of the market drove global art sales higher.