KiwiSaver an option for mortgage advisers seeking ongoing income, provider says
Mortgage advisers looking for another stream of income as trail commission becomes harder to find are looking at their options in KiwiSaver, one provider says.
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Plenty of interest in development and investment finance
Despite a subdued residential housing market, Pallas Capital has lent $1.29 billion in investment and construction loans as enquiry rises.
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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 | 4.09 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.19 |
| ICBC | 4.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.55 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.59 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.65 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.65 |
| ASB Bank | 4.65 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.65 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.69 |
| TSB Special | 4.69 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.95 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.95 |
| ICBC | 4.99 |
| Nelson Building Society | 5.09 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.19 |
| Westpac Special | 5.19 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.19 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.25 |
| ASB Bank | 5.25 |
| TSB Special | 5.25 |
| Unity Special | 5.29 |
| Westpac Special | 5.49 |
| ICBC | 5.65 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.79 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.79 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.89 |
| ASB Bank | 5.89 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.89 |
| TSB Special | 5.99 |
| Kiwibank 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 | 3.95 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 4.99 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.99 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.75 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 5.75 |
| Kiwibank | 5.75 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.79 |
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National plays KiwiSaver card
National is proposing a range of changes to KiwiSaver if it returns to power, including making the scheme compulsory.
Adviser complains about KiwiSaver campaign
[UPDATED - ASB response] A financial adviser worried about ASB’s marketing campaign for its KiwiSaver schemes has taken his complaint to the Financial Markets Authority.
New fund tool to compare KiwiSaver returns, connect advisers
A new fund finder tool is designed to offer a more user-friendly way for people to compare their KiwiSaver options.
Winners and losers in first quarter
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