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Removing LVRs would hurt first-home buyers – Kiwibank

Rising mortgage rates are probably the biggest cause of the slowdown.

Jenny Ruth
Fri, 11 Aug 2017

Kiwibank says easing the Reserve Bank’s loan-to-valuation restrictions on bank mortgage lending would probably hurt first-home buyers rather than help them.

The Real Estate Institute has called for a review of the LVRs in the face of a dramatic slowdown in house sales and the easing of national

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Jenny Ruth
Fri, 11 Aug 2017
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Removing LVRs would hurt first-home buyers – Kiwibank
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