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Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens is also picking house and farm prices&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : nzherald.co.nz\/Property&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/property\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=8&amp;objectid=12206737&amp;ref=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Westpac&#8217;s chief economist says a capital gains tax would lead to higher living standards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A top economist says a capital gains tax would lead to higher living standers for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-r91","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103893,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/business-debate-should-nz-introduce-a-capital-gains-tax\/","url_meta":{"origin":104347,"position":0},"title":"Business debate: Should NZ introduce a capital gains tax?","date":"February 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ahead of next Wednesday's Tax Working Group report release, the chief economist of one of our biggest banks and New Zealand's landlord chief go head to head over capital gains tax.The gulf is wide in this business debate, with...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Business debate: Should NZ introduce\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":104101,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/capital-gains-tax-debate-heating-up-final-recommendations-out-on-thursday\/","url_meta":{"origin":104347,"position":1},"title":"Capital gains tax debate heating up: final recommendations out on Thursday","date":"February 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A capital gains tax would \"add huge complexity to one of the world's simplest tax systems\" according to an Auckland-based investment expert, but a chief banking economist disagrees and backs its introduction.Paul Glass, executive...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Capital gains tax debate heating up: final recommendations out on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":108036,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/westpac-economist-picks-housing-market-rebound-next-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":104347,"position":2},"title":"Westpac economist picks housing market rebound next year","date":"June 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r New Zealand's flagging residential property market is set to take off again next year due to the cancellation of capital gains tax and a sharp drop in mortgage rates, says Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens.Stephens is picking...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Westpac economist picks housing market rebound next\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105247,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/westpacs-two-year-3-99-per-cent-rate-the-latest-ultra-low-deal-in-banks-mortgage-wars\/","url_meta":{"origin":104347,"position":3},"title":"Westpac&#039;s two-year 3.99 per cent rate the latest ultra-low deal in bank&#039;s mortgage wars","date":"March 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Five Kiwi banks are offering home loan rates of 3.99 per cent or lower as a mortgage war for new customers flares up again.Westpac today became the latest to offer a two-year 3.99 per cent fixed home loan, joining ASB, TSB and Kiwibank...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Westpac's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19948,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/helen-twose-can-i-buy-a-plot-of-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":104347,"position":4},"title":"Helen Twose: Can I buy a plot of land?","date":"July 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Q: Can I make a first-home withdrawal from my KiwiSaver funds to buy land only? 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