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Cup of water on NZ's red-hot property market
Experts say tighter mortgage lending rules will only a partially ease house prices, writes Jamie Gray.
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Brian Fallow: Wheeler batting on sticky wicket
Now that we know what the Reserve Bank is doing by way of curbs on low-deposit mortgage lending the question is whether it will work, writes Brian Fallow.
![Banks to 'cherry pick' loans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Banks to 'cherry pick' loans
New loan restrictions mean the "poor middle-class" hoping to buy their first home will be left out in the cold as banks cherry pick their ideal customers.
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Lending curbs expected to bite
The curbs on low-deposit home lending announced by the Reserve Bank yesterday are likely to prove more restrictive than it thinks, the Bankers Association warns.
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Housing loan restrictions a step closer
The Reserve Bank has moved a step closer to curbing the low-equity housing loans that banks can make.