Category: Blog

Revised optimism for 2020

By the end of 2019 the NZ property market was showing signs of improvement – one needed only to have attended a pre-Christmas auction to notice the stark contrast in mood as previously indifferent buyers appeared now excited and confident to freely ‘bid away’. The turn in sentiment can be traced back to April 2019 […]

RBNZ’s new capital ratios and what they could mean

The New Zealand Reserve Bank’s long-signaled move to increase capital reserve ratios has in the end proven slightly less severe than some banking sector experts predicted. But it remains unclear what impact the move will have on interest rates. Ultimately the banks will have to raise around $20 billion to reach the new safety requirements, […]