Kiwibank declined to compete as hard as some other players in terms of incentives offered in the June half year as the overall home loans market slowed, according to chief executive Steve Jurkovich.
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As mortgage lending crashes to nearly zero amid a prolonged property market slump, the number of homes selling for a loss is steadily increasing hitting 13.1% – the highest since 2012.
Taranaki residents unhappy with the plan to sell TSB Bank to Heartland are hoping to file an injunction to stop it next week but some are baulking at the possibility they may face damages if the legal challenge fails.
Borrowers paid $4.783 billion in interest on $397.4 billion in residential mortgages outstanding at the end of the June quarter this year, the latest Reserve Bank figures show.
OCR increases are inevitable off the back of yesterday’s 4.1% inflation figure, but the pace of the hikes remains uncertain to a degree, Westpac says.
REINZ welcomes regulation of methamphetamine contamination in rental housing.
As interest rates ease and job losses climb, New Zealand’s housing market faces a mixed year of modest growth, with conflicting forces shaping the outlook for homebuyers and investors.
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.
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 4.15 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.29 |
| ICBC | 4.49 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.59 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.74 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.75 |
| Unity Special | 4.80 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.84 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.85 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.95 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.95 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.95 |
| ICBC | 4.99 |
| Unity Special | 5.29 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.29 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 5.29 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.39 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.39 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.45 |
| Westpac Special | 5.45 |
| ASB Bank | 5.45 |
| Westpac Special | 5.49 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.49 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.49 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.59 |
| ASB Bank | 5.59 |
| ICBC | 5.65 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.69 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 5.89 |
| TSB Special | 5.99 |
| China Construction Bank | 5.99 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 3.29 |
| AIA - Back My Build | 3.34 |
| SBS Construction lending for FHB | 3.74 |
| CFML 321 Loans | 4.20 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 5.34 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.34 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.79 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 5.80 |
| SBS Bank | 5.84 |
| Pepper Money Prime | 5.99 |
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A number of active KiwiSaver providers have failed to fire in the past year, while passive management has come to the fore.
Sharesies KiwiSaver offering was marginally cash-flow-positive in the year ended March but its general manager says the focus is still on growth and enhancing its products.
KiwiSaver advisers who are reviewing their clients’ investments on an annual basis probably aren’t serving them as well as they could, the founder of an AI business says.
Competition for home loans was particularly fierce: Kiwibank
Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich says the competition for home loans was fierce in the first six months of the year.
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