Three offers recommendation lost in translation - ComCom
The Commerce Commission says its proposal that advisers have to submit three offers to clients has been "lost in translation".
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Borrowers behind in mortgage payments ebbing
As the country crawls out of recession, mortgage arrears have dropped slightly.
Solution could be in the wings
After a “constructive meeting” with new Commerce and Consumers Affairs Minister Scott Simpson, FAMNZ country manager Leigh Hodgetts says he seems to understand the Commerce Commission’s insistence on mortgage advisers presenting three completed offers to borrowers will create chaos.
RBNZ does a u-turn on bank capital requirements
The Reserve Bank has bowed to pressure from the Commerce Commission, the banks and submitters to parliament’s banking inquiry and will conduct a review of its bank capital requirements.
Interest rates expected to plateau soon
A switch has been flipped for mortgage borrowers with the two-year 4.99% interest rate the main banks are now offering.
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Leaving last year's stumbling housing market behind
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Don’t bet on house prices rising faster than incomes
Former Reserve Bank Governor and National Party leader Don Brash says there are grounds for believing that house prices may finally have ended the three-decade period when they rose significantly faster than incomes.
Similar Price Growth
Although houses prices typically rise more than apartments over the long-term, the gap is not as wide as many people expect.
Top Mortgage Rates
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.39 |
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 4.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 5.09 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.19 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.19 |
| TSB Special | 5.19 |
| Nelson Building Society | 5.24 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.25 |
| ASB Bank | 5.25 |
| Unity | 5.29 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.29 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.99 |
| Unity | 4.99 |
| TSB Special | 4.99 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.99 |
| ICBC | 4.99 |
| ANZ Special | 4.99 |
| ASB Bank | 4.99 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.19 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.19 |
| Nelson Building Society | 5.24 |
| Wairarapa Building Society | 5.29 |
| Westpac Special | 5.39 |
| ICBC | 5.49 |
| BNZ - Classic | 5.59 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.69 |
| ASB Bank | 5.69 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.79 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.79 |
| TSB Special | 5.89 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.89 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.89 |
| AIA - Back My Build | 4.44 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.44 |
| CFML 321 Loans | 5.25 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 6.45 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 6.45 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 6.49 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 6.75 |
| Kiwibank Special | 6.75 |
| Kiwibank | 6.75 |
| Kainga Ora | 6.89 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 6.89 |
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Alpha First lures 20-year ANZ stalwart
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ComCom walks back three applications proposal
The Commerce Commission has walked back its requirement that mortgage advisers should be presenting three completed offers to clients. [READ ON]