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Only higher rates can slow New Zealandâs surging house prices
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New Zealandâs surging housing price growth will slow only when interest rates rise and not because of possible new measures such as deposit limits for investor buyers or housing considerations being imposed on the central bank in its rate-setting, the countryâs largest mortgage lender says.
Dwelling prices across the Tasman rose 21.5 per cent year-on-year in February, their fastest rate in 17 years, principally the result of lower borrowing costs. ANZ Bank NZâs chief economist Sharon Zollner said the market would cool only once higher borrowing costs that were now creeping into longer-term bond yields were reflected in shorter-term mortgage rates.
So far the bank has printed and spent $48.5b buying back government bonds, and in theory it could spend up to another $51.5b by June next year before running into its Government-imposed cap. But the central bank is also required under an agreement with the Government not to buy more than 60 per cent of the bonds on issue and it is this restriction that looks set to cut in first.
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The Reserve Bank may have about $30b left to print and spend on ‘QE’ based on current forecasts of how much new debt the Treasury may issue before June next year.
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