NZ mortage growth rebounds as investors stir

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By Leith van Onselen

The RBNZ’s latest mortgage data shows that household and mortgage credit growth has begun to rise again after cooling recently in response to loan-to-value ratio restrictions targeting investors.

After bottoming in February at 5.7%, annual New Zealand household credit growth rose to 5.8% in July:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.