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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 6h

📢 Residential building costs still increasing but slowed to 0.4% in the September quarter

Residential building costs increasing 2% annually, half the long-term average

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 14h

📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; another new low mortgage rate, TD rates fall too, RE commissions hold up, FMA issues public warning, milk powder prices dip, swaps hold, NZD soft, & more

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 15h

📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; NZX50 rises +0.3%, Kathmandu, Scales, Serko, and Mainfreight lead the gainers, while Meridian, Fletcher, Vital Healthcare, and Mainfreight are the main decliners

Daily NZX update, Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 18h

📢 Research by the Reserve Bank argues the money lost on the Large Scale Asset Purchases during the pandemic was offset by more economic activity and lower debt costs

$11 billion in bond losses was money well spent, RBNZ says

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 19h

📢 Lynda Moore notes life doesn’t slow down the way we think it will. She says when you keep putting off joy, you’re not just saving money; you’re spending time. And that’s something you can’t earn back

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The someday trap: waiting for the ‘right time’

https://www.interest.co.nz/personal-finance/135704/lynda-moore-notes-life-doesn’t-slow-down-way-we-think-it-will-she-says-when

Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 20h

📢 Real estate agencies estimated to have earned $476m in residential sales commissions in Q3 this year

Real estate agencies' residential commissions showing steady growth

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 21h

📢 The decision to ease loan to value restrictions now is not necessarily a mistake, but the timing is odd and sends the wrong signals

Come in DTIs! It's over to you now

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 22h

📢 A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade, James Renwick says

A major step backwards that could threaten NZ’s trade relationships

https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/135697/‘lack-ambition’-over-livestock-emissions-targets-now-threatens-nz’s-reputation

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 22h

📢 US-China trade tensions have pervaded the headlines and been a focus for the market; a rollercoaster ride for markets with a big swing in the USD and US equities, reflecting gyrations in risk sentiment

NZD lurches down to fresh six-month lows before recovering

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 23h

📢 Powell gets ready to support a dipping US economy; US SME optimism fades; China car market roars; Singapore doing better; IMF cautious; UST 10yr at 4.03%; gold up again, oil lower; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8

Breakfast briefing: Powell, Dimon and the IMF sound caution

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; first sign of another step down for fixed rates, RBNZ eases LVR rules, REINZ finds market going sideways, spending softens, swaps stable, NZD eases, & more

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; NZX50 slips again as Precinct, Port of Tauranga, Goodman Property, and Vital Healthcare all fell while Genesis, Serko, SkyCity and SkyTV were among the gainers

Daily NZX update, Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Bank of China makes the first fixed mortgage rate cuts since the October 8 OCR cut. Will this induce the main banks to move too?

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Home loan market tests new rate lows

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 The average price first home buyers are paying for a home has hardly moved since October last year but record numbers are taking out low equity loans

Low equity borrowing by first home buyers hit a record high in May

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 QV says the average value of NZ homes dropped almost $10,000 in Q3 with Auckland values down $38,000

QV says it's still a buyer's market with housing values down in September quarter

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Banks will be allowed to write more low-deposit mortgages to property investors and home buyers as the RBNZ relaxes its loan-to-value ratio rules

RBNZ to ease loan-to-value ratio lending restrictions

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Electronic cards data for September shows that after two consecutive months of gains, seasonally adjusted retail spending fell again

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Failure to launch - further signs of our faltering economic recovery

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 David Mahon says China is emerging stronger politically and economically but must learn from the mistakes and naked hubris of the American, Soviet and British empires

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Recovery for some

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 ANZ Group CEO Nuno Matos says ANZ NZ investment to increase in 2026 'because they have their basics right and can run faster right now'

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Status quo in RBNZ bank capital review would be 'the worst possible outcome'

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 REINZ House Price Index rises 0.8% in September month-on-month, salespeople 'cautiously optimistic'

Cautious optimism in September REINZ sales figures

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Risk assets bounce back after some dialling down on US-China trade war rhetoric by Trump, and followed through by Bessent. US equities recover more than half of Friday's loss

The NZD and AUD recovered yesterday, but no more overnight

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 China's exports soar while US exports shrink; India inflation falls below target; Nobel Prize in economics 'proves' creative destruction long term benefits; UST 10yr at 4.07%; gold leaps again, oil little-changed; NZ$1 = 57.4 USc; TWI-5 = 61.9

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Breakfast briefing: Wall Street bounces back; gold hits new ATH

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2d

📢 'Misses the mark': Retail NZ calls on Government to pause surcharge ban, chief executive says 'those costs won't disappear, they'll just be hidden in higher prices for everyone'

Retail NZ urges Government to pause ban on surcharges

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2d

📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; service sector stuck, migration low, tourism improves slowly, truckometer tame at best, farm listings low, for lease listings high, swaps hostage, NZD a bit firmer, & more

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2d

📢 NZ Banking Association says 15,000 first home buyers took out mortgages in first half of year with an average loan size of $507,690

A quarter of all new mortgages went to first home buyers in first-half of 2025

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