When's My House Price Going to Start Rising Again? Ah, the age-old question that's been on the lips of every Kiwi homeowner and potential buyer for decades. If you've been living under a rock, here's a quick recap: inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises, causing
I've been diving into a lot lately quirky topics lately in my spare time, from personal finance basics to exploring the new AI tools soon to change the world. As it relates to investing, one struggle I've faced is balancing academic, practical, and future perspectives in investing and finance. Traditional finance, centralised around banks, hedge
Making pickles and investing is the same thing. I shall explain. When we work, we convert our ‘value’, into income. Investing preserves our value or our income earnt today, but didn’t spend, so that tomorrow’s world is taken care of. When we invest, we have to invest through a medium though, or conduit if you
Stimulants, depressants, & LVRs Darcy is joined by Jeremy Couchman, a senior economist at Kiwibank, to unpack the names for the many stimulants and depressants intoxicating the housing market right now. From LVR and DTIs, to the other strange monetary drugs, let's get a better idea of what we're taking this summer. L.V.R. has become
