{"id":336376,"date":"2026-03-18T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336376\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:30:07","slug":"brokers-urged-to-diversify-as-rate-rises-squeeze-mortgage-holders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336376\/","title":{"rendered":"Brokers urged to diversify as rate rises squeeze mortgage holders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Bednar, the mortgage broking industry is increasingly moving towards a more professional approach which helps develop more loyal clients during difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>The RBA has delivered back-to-back increases of 0.25 percentage points, taking the cash rate to 4.1%, amid concerns that further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/au\/news\/general\/oil-shock-troubles-donald-trump-redoubles-aussie-mortgage-holders-navigating-a-sea-of-wildcards\/568324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">oil supply shocks<\/a> could add to inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/au\/news\/general\/rba-raises-cash-rate-to-41\/568740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">central bank\u2019s latest move<\/a> \u2014 described as only the second rise in two years \u2014 followed a lift in weekly inflation expectations to 6.7%, the highest level since November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the RBA\u2019s monetary policy board said it judged there was a material risk inflation would remain above target for longer than previously expected, with developments in the Middle East highly uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Financial markets have been forecasting a further two rises of 0.25 percentage points this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Bednar, the mortgage broking industry is increasingly moving towards a more professional approach which helps develop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47785,138,137031,219,111,139,69,180212],"class_list":["post-336376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-brokers","tag-business","tag-diversify","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rate-rises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}