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Fintech Dosh’s bid to become a bank swiped left by the Reserve Bank blocks banking innovation.
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ASB joins low deposit Kāinga Ora scheme with some benefits
Mortgage advisers can now use ASB for clients buying a home under the Kāinga Ora First Home Loan scheme.
RBNZ expects slower house price growth in the current recovery
The Reserve Bank thinks house prices will rise at a much slower pace during the current recovery than they have in past cycles.
[What the RBNZ said] Why the cash rate stayed unchanged
The Reserve Bank left the OCR unchanged today and indicated it may stay "accomodative" for some time.
OCR rise tipped for second half of this year
The NZIER monetary policy shadow board says the RBNZ should start raising the OCR in the second half of this year.
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New rules for meth contaminated houses
REINZ welcomes regulation of methamphetamine contamination in rental housing.
Leaving last year's stumbling housing market behind
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.
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.
Top Mortgage Rates
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 3.99 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 3.99 |
| ICBC | 4.25 |
| TSB Special | 4.39 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.39 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.49 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.49 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.49 |
| Unity Special | 4.49 |
| Westpac Special | 4.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.49 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.49 |
| ICBC | 4.59 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.67 |
| ANZ Special | 4.69 |
| Unity Special | 4.69 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.69 |
| Wairarapa Building Society | 4.79 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.89 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.89 |
| Westpac Special | 4.89 |
| TSB Special | 4.89 |
| ICBC | 4.99 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.15 |
| Westpac Special | 5.49 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.69 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.69 |
| ASB Bank | 5.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.69 |
| TSB Special | 5.69 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.79 |
| 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 | 3.95 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.99 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 4.99 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 5.30 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| Kiwibank | 5.65 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 5.65 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
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Jack Patel back on the tools
Jack Patel has taken on a new role as business development manager with a specialist non-bank lender.
New national director for NZFSG
As part of a restructure NZFSG has appointed a new National Director.
Prasad shifts to Pepper Money
Experienced business development manager Ashlene Prasad has left CFML Loans to join Pepper Money as a senior BDM.
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Low-fee KiwiSaver providers to the fore in Morningstar survey
Kernel is celebrating taking the top spot for the high-growth and cash categories in its first three full years.
Should KiwiSaver hardship applications be centralised?
KiwiSaver withdrawal numbers are up, but it’s not an easy process to go through, one adviser says.
KiwiSaver providers hope for political accord
KiwiSaver providers are hoping this is the year that politicians can work together on a better future for the retirement savings scheme. It is shaping up to be an election issue.
RBNZ predicts slower house price growth; ASB joins KO
RBNZ expects slower house price growth. [DETAILS HERE]
ASB latest lender to offer Kāinga Ora First Home Loan scheme. [READ ON]