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Correction: Real Estate Institute O'Sullivan says first-home buyers could give up on home ownership

Correction: Real Estate Institute O'Sullivan says first-home buyers could give up on home ownership

(technical correction to comments on LVR's in seventh par) By Fiona Rotherham Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Departing Real Estate Institute chief executive Helen O’Sullivan said the Reserve Bank’s decision to continue the loan-to-value ratio restrictions on home loans could see...

14 Nov 2014
TPP conclusion in 2015 still 'challenging', says new NZ-US Council chair

TPP conclusion in 2015 still 'challenging', says new NZ-US Council chair

By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - The current rush of optimism among supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement that the troubled talks will land a deal in the first half of next year is optimistic and "a big ask," says Simon Power, the newly a...

13 Nov 2014
Hart's Reynolds Group sees asset sale decision done by year-end

Hart's Reynolds Group sees asset sale decision done by year-end

By Paul McBeth Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Reynolds Group Holdings, the global packaging empire built up by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, expects to make a final decision on whether to carve out three of its units by the end of the year. The packaging group embarked on...

13 Nov 2014