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The New Zealand dollar bounced overnight as manufacturing data from the United States and Europe pointed to further recovery in the global economy. Around 8am today the New Zealand dollar was up to US70.81c from US70.02c at 5pm yesterday. ANZ National Bank said failed attempts to push lower in the local and late Asian sessions yesterday meant the kiwi dollar bounced overnight. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s interest rate decision at 4.30pm...

Westpac have revealed they not require a higher deposit for first home loans First time buyers will have to stump up at least $37,500 as a deposit to get an average Aussie home loan from Westpac — or $12,500 more than before — under policy changes that came into force on the 19th January. That means borrowers will have to come up with 87% instead of 92%. An average home loan of $250,000, new borrowers will need to have the much bigge...

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