Property Apprentice Podcast

OCR Holds at 2.25%, ASB's 5% Deposit Hack & Rents Drop (Week in Review)

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Send Us A Message! Let us know what you think. Is the property market officially shifting gears? In this episode of The Week in Review, Debbie Roberts unpacks a massive week of contradictory but exciting real estate news. We dive into a sudden surge in tourism and migration that has the broader economy starting to hum, and discuss why the Reserve Bank holding the OCR steady at 2.25% cements a "higher for longer" interest rate environment. We also cover a massive win for first-home buyers as A...

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