The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) aggressive interest rate hikes, which has lifted the official cash rate by 4.5% since October 2021, has sent mortgage rate soaring: In turn, New Zealand house prices are crashing, down 17.6% nationally from their November 2021 peak, with Auckland down 22.4%: The rise in mortgage costs and plummeting
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