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Back to SearchThe OCR Cut Playbook - 3 Moves Smart Homeowners Are Making Right Now
Episode 305
The waiting is over - the Reserve Bank has repeatedly cut the OCR in 2025.
Interest rates are falling, the OCR is on its way down, and for the first t…
8 months, 1 week ago
Property Prices & The Long Game: What Smart Investors Do during the Downturn and What’s Next
Episode 304
In this episode, MHQ’s Head of Advice, Simon McDonald, sits down with Zhiyang Cheng, New Zealand’s number one ranked mortgage adviser, to discuss the…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Great Auckland Housing War: Villas vs. Towers, and Who Gets Crushed
Episode 303
Auckland is at war with itself.
On one side — the old guard of villa-lined suburbs, heritage zoning, and backyard nostalgia.
On the other — the new sky…
8 months, 1 week ago
RBNZ and the OCR: Reform That Could Decide Who Wins Big in 2026
Episode 302
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is standing at a crossroads — and every homeowner, investor, and policymaker is about to feel the impact.
After years …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Auckland’s Breaking Point: Housing Costs, Productivity Collapse, and the Investor Edge
Episode 301
Auckland is cracking.
The skyline still glitters, but beneath it, the numbers are bleeding.
Housing affordability has imploded. Productivity has flat-l…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Construction’s Death Spiral: Why NZ’s 10-Year Low in Building Work Guarantees a Housing Boom
Episode 299
New Zealand is facing a construction collapse like we haven’t seen in over a decade. Building activity is at a 10-year low, projects are being shelve…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Luxon and the Coup Question: Brutal Lessons from Thatcher, Clinton, and Clark
Episode 300
Christopher Luxon is under pressure, and the whispers of a “Luxon coup” are impossible to ignore. In this video, host Craig Stanaway sits down with f…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Housing’s Next Shock: Why 2026 Could Deliver a 5% Price Surge From Today’s Dead Market
Episode 298
The New Zealand property market feels flat, lifeless — even dead. But beneath the surface, the next housing shock is already forming. Could 2026 deli…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
The $160 Billion Exodus: Why Kiwi Investors Are About to Abandon Term Deposits and Where the Money Will Flood Next
Episode 297
New Zealand savers are sitting on a mountain of cash — more than $160 billion locked away in term deposits. But with the Reserve Bank cutting rates a…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Foreign Buyers Are Back: The $5m Shortcut Changing NZ Property Forever
Episode 295
New Zealand’s property market just got hit with one of the most dramatic shifts in years: foreign buyers are back. But there’s a twist - the $5 milli…
9 months ago