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Dollar extends gains following weak US retail sales
The NZ dollar extended its gains overnight after the Reserve Bank's better-than-expected outlook for the local economy.

Property sales surge in February
More properties were sold last month than during any February since the last property boom of 2007, latest figures from the REINZ show.

Noah Smith: 'Dynamic scoring,' a.k.a voodoo economics, creates policy with a bias
Assistant professor of finance, Noah Smith, says that dynamic scoring is the new 'voodoo economics'.

Keep cash rate on hold - shadow board
The monetary policy shadow board's advice to Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler is unchanged from six weeks ago - keep the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent, with a cut the next best....

NZ's biggest apartment plan
A new $300 million 800-unit Albany project, promoted as New Zealand's largest residential apartment development, has just been announced. Martin

House prices: Are they up or down?
A day after QV released stats showing yet another increase in property values, Auckland realtor Barfoot & Thompson says last month saw a fall in prices, as more properties came on the market.

Hot property: Auckland values soar
Auckland house values are up by 43.8 per cent on the last boom in 2007 - but a valuer is warning that off-the-plan buyers are not always recovering their money.