The receivers of Equitable Mortgages say it's too soon to say how much of the property lender's $188.4m worth of loans they are likely to recover.

Would banks pass on any OCR cut?

Both Huljich and Fidelity have recently made significant changes to their KiwiSaver businesses that point to a slowdown dead ahead.

David Chaplin looks into the Exclusive Brethren's BCF KiwiSaver scheme.

I worry that the banks are trying to unleash those animal spirits in the housing markets again.

The financial market now expects the Reserve Bank will not increase the OCR from 3 to 3.25 per cent until June next year.

The housing market has started to simmer again.

Taxpayers could be paying as much as $178 million to bail out a failed finance company owned by one of NZ's wealthiest families.

Kiwibank has cut its 2 year fixed mortgage rate to 6.59pc, to try and spice up housing demand.

A real estate agent who bought a $1.27 million home with a complete stranger was a victim of an elaborate property scam and has been left with a $600,000 debt.

A former Auckland Barfoot & Thompson real estate agent has been found guilty of mortgage fraud totalling $13 million.

Homes are at their most affordable in six years - apart from in Auckland, where the average weekly mortgage is more than $570 a week.