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MNI BRIEF:RBNZ Warns Mortgages To Sap 22% of Disposable Income

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Reserve Bank of New Zealand Assistant Governor Karen Silk warned on Thursday that borrowers could be spending up to 22% of their disposable income on servicing mortgages as they are repriced higher.

Speaking before a parliamentary committee, Silk said the average mortgage rate on the outstanding stock of mortgages was roughly 4.5%, but with around 50% of loans to be repriced over the next 12 months that would take the average rate to around 6.5%.

"As at December 22, on average, debt servicing - so that's meeting the interest payments - was roughly 9% of disposable income on average. Our estimate would be that at a 6.5% average rate that would move to roughly 22% on average."

The RBNZ raised the Official Cash Rate by 50bp to 4.75% on Wednesday. (See MNI RBNZ WATCH: More Hikes Coming, 25bps An Option For April)

Robert covers RBA and RBNZ policy and the economy for MNI in Australia.
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