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Mortgage pain: What it will cost now
Fixing a mortgage will cost you more this year than it did last year.
Fixing a mortgage will cost you more this year than it did last year.
Credit card spending in December topped the previous months in 2016, and exceeding the billing of the previous two years.
Spontaneous purchases and splurging on avoidable items such as booze and cigarettes are hindering household budgets.
The average student is in $21,000 of debt, which will take them more than eight years to pay off.
Kiwibank is blaming rising funding costs on its decision to lift mortgage rates twice since the start of the year.
COMMENT: Kiwis love a good freebie. In the cut-through world of credit cards banks fight hard to grab our attention with juicy perks.
Carrying a wallet full of credit and debit cards may soon be a thing of the past as more consumers sign up to pay-by-phone technology.
COMMENT: Consider how lethal it might be to your portfolio to let your view on politics influence your expectations.
COMMENT: We all like to think that when our children grow up they will have a better standard of living than us.
Kiwis are more likely to let their credit card payments slip in the first three months of the year.
COMMENT: Financial advisers and fund managers under pressure from low-cost options talk up skills and play down the impact of fees.
COMMENT: When Jennifer McIndoe signed on the dotted line for an Avis rental car she didn't realise the ramifications.
If saving were easy, we would all be millionaires. Here are some tips to help you get ahead.
In the US families shell out an average of US$233,610 from birth through age 17 to raise a child.
COMMENT: A year ago I shook up my relationship with money: I pledged not to spend anything for a whole year.
Now that Christmas is over it's time to get rid of all those unwanted items - you could make thousands in the process.
COMMENT: Resolutions fail. So set yourself some written goals. Here are 10 ideas from Herald money expert Diana Clement to get you started.
According to data published by HSBC Holdings, it pays to be an expatriate in Switzerland - literally.
Many people working in an office would prefer to fix houses or bake cakes for a living. Should they, would you?
Experts are urging people to plan ahead for increasing mortgage rates and their potential flow on effect to rents.
Here are five steps to put you on the entrepreneurial path to making serious dough when you're not at the office.
A striking new infographic has revealed the world's most expensive cities - and Auckland's among them.
Do you earn a decent wage but still have no idea where all your money goes? Here's how to get on top of your finances in 2017.
COMMENT: Everyone has a different take but spreading risk seems wise.
COMMENT: It is hard to see any correlation between fees and returns, Brent Sheather writes.
The town of Ashhurst, northeast of Palmerston North, is using its own currency as a way of stimulating discussion about the local economy. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
COMMENT: Rather than feedback on 2016, it's time to zoom in on those things we can do to make progress in 2017.
COMMENT: There are many reasons why top investors don't remain in front.
From karate to detailed policy issues, Bankers' Association head likes a challenge, writes Tamsyn Parker.