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Official Cash Rate News

Diana Clement
The Official Cash Rate will jump on Wednesday – but how high?
Banks are offering sweet mortgage deals but will that offset the gloom?

Kelvin Davidson
CCCFA rules change on July 7, but U-turn unlikely to be a game-changer
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Kelvin Davidson
Why Australian homeowners are in a panic over a cash rate of 0.85%
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Refusal to accept reality costing many sellers dearly
The turning of the market has been brutal.

Rupert Gough
The year the housing market flipped
In the last 12 months we’ve gone from ‘can’t get a home’ to ‘can’t hold onto a home’.

Catherine Masters
Biggest gains but now fastest to fall: House price pressures in Upper and Lower Hutt
“Every time the OCR goes up 0.5 percentage points it trims $50,000 off everyone’s budgets.”

Rupert Gough
Rupert Gough: Did rising interest rates or the CCCFA kill house-buying in NZ?
The market has slowed significantly in the last six months.

Ashley Church
Ashley Church: Have we seen the last of NZ’s big house price jumps?
The market has slowed so we can rule out another big boom, right?

Kelvin Davidson
Could your finances handle a mortgage rate of 6.5%?
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Rupert Gough
How to survive the looming interest rate hikes
Buyers who can stomach high home-loan rates may find some bargains out there.

Diana Clement
'All guns blazing’: Could interest rates hit 7%?
What the experts think about the RBNZ’s latest forecast.

Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: Interest rates set to rise hard and fast
Reserve Bank leans into new policy of “least regrets”.

Kelvin Davidson
How high will mortgage rates go on Wednesday?
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Ashley Church
Ashley Church: What can we learn from the last time inflation spiked in NZ?
The housing market has been in this challenging position before.

Diana Clement
How high will rates go? Banks predict another double shot for OCR
OneRoof’s round-up of the latest house price and mortgage rate predictions.

Kelvin Davidson
Why sellers are likely to see more ‘cheeky offers’ on the table
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: What the OCR hike means for the housing market
The cash rate has returned to 2019 levels.

Diana Clement
Rate hike fallout: ‘Some people won’t be able to borrow’
Economist divided on high the Reserve Bank will go tomorrow, but a hike in the OCR is certain.