The Reserve Bank has just lifted the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 per cent.

Should you cut your KiwiSaver contributions and divert the money into paying for higher mortgage costs? Money Editor Tamsyn Parker weighs up the options.

It will be no surprise at all if the Reserve Bank raises the official cash rate again on Thursday to 3.25 per cent

Auckland house values rose 13.1 per cent annually but have shot up 30.6 per cent since the last peak of the market in 2007.