Big, fat beautiful fees
Banks have lobbied themselves another profit centre under open banking, which could kill fintech innovation, Sam Stubbs of KiwiSaver Simplicity says.
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Pausing while pass through of interest rate cuts catches up
Adding to the RBNZ’s cautious OCR approach and pause on cuts this month is the full impact of the large interest rate reductions over the past year is yet to be felt.
Significant number of borrowers still hanging out for OCR cuts
Even though the OCR didn’t budge yesterday, a sizeable chunk of mortgage holders are expected to keep fixing at floating rates in the hope there will be further cuts.
Mortgage rates may have bottomed already as RBNZ holds OCR
While there’s debate within the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee about where interest rates are headed, mortgage rates have either bottomed already or have only a little further to fall, says Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr.
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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.
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
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 4.29 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.29 |
| ICBC | 4.85 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.85 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.85 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.89 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.89 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.89 |
| TSB Special | 4.89 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.89 |
| Westpac Special | 4.89 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.93 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.95 |
| Wairarapa Building Society | 4.95 |
| TSB Special | 4.95 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.95 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.95 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.95 |
| ICBC | 4.95 |
| Westpac Special | 4.95 |
| ANZ Special | 4.95 |
| ASB Bank | 4.95 |
| Westpac Special | 5.39 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.39 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| BNZ - Classic | 5.59 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.59 |
| ASB Bank | 5.59 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.59 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.59 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.79 |
| ANZ | 5.79 |
| SBS Construction lending for FHB | 3.94 |
| AIA - Back My Build | 4.44 |
| CFML 321 Loans | 4.99 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.95 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 5.95 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 5.99 |
| Pepper Money Prime | 6.29 |
| Kiwibank | 6.35 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 6.35 |
| TSB Special | 6.39 |
| BNZ - Std | 6.44 |
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KiwiSaver contribution rates to increase; Cuts to Govt contribution
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Generate KiwiSaver customers most satisfied
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Big, fat beautiful fees
Banks are charging fintechs for access to customer data under open banking, a move Sam Stubbs says will stifle competition and protect bank profits at the cost of innovation. [READ ON]