Now is the time to contact a mortgage broker
Homeowners overwhelmed with the cost of living, rising interest rates and recent weather damage are turning to mortgage brokers for advice.
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Mortgage director launches book for first-home buyers
If you’ve been wanting to buy your first home but feeling pushed out by inflation, economic pressures and changes in New Zealand’s real estate market, don't give up your smashed avocado just yet.
The refinancing wave – the good, bad and ugly
The steady flow of existing mortgage borrowers having to stomach higher interest rates recently has been a theme in property and personal finance for some time.
OCR peaks forecasts lowered
The main trading banks are now predicting the OCR to hit 5.25%, back from 5.5%, and mortgage interest rates to rise to 7% or slightly higher.
NZ Home Loans gets new GM from AIA
Home loan and insurance adviser network New Zealand Home Loans (NZHL) gets new general manager franchise, distribution and marketing.
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Rents reach all-time weekly highs
Median weekly rents across the country reached a record high of $600 in February, the latest Trade Me data show.
What commercial real estate investors want
What is the secret to satisfying today’s tech-savvy, sophisticated and inquisitive investor?
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[OPINION] Property always goes up or does it?
This has always been true. Then, one day, it was not.
Top Mortgage Rates
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 5.39 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 6.14 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 6.25 |
| ICBC | 6.25 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 6.35 |
| Unity | 6.39 |
| HSBC Premier | 6.44 |
| Kiwibank Special | 6.49 |
| China Construction Bank | 6.54 |
| BNZ - Classic | 6.54 |
| TSB Special | 6.54 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 5.99 |
| ICBC | 6.29 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 6.35 |
| China Construction Bank | 6.45 |
| BNZ - Classic | 6.45 |
| ANZ Special | 6.45 |
| TSB Special | 6.49 |
| Kiwibank Special | 6.49 |
| Unity | 6.49 |
| Westpac Special | 6.54 |
| SBS Bank Special | 6.59 |
| ICBC | 6.35 |
| China Construction Bank | 6.40 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 6.49 |
| TSB Special | 6.49 |
| Westpac Special | 6.49 |
| ASB Bank | 6.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 6.59 |
| BNZ - Classic | 6.59 |
| SBS Bank Special | 6.69 |
| Kiwibank Special | 6.79 |
| ANZ | 7.09 |
| ANZ Blueprint to Build | 5.23 |
| SBS Construction lending for FHB | 5.44 |
| AIA - Back My Build | 5.54 |
| Pepper Money Essential | 6.49 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 6.75 |
| Liberty | 6.84 |
| Pepper Money Easy | 6.89 |
| Westforce Credit Union - Standard | 7.00 |
| First Credit Union Standard | 7.00 |
| First Credit Union Special | 7.00 |
| Resimac - LVR < 80% | 7.34 |
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Westpac gets new head of third party
Westpac's former head of third party distribution. Liz Canon, has retired.
Liberty makes two new appointments
Liberty Finance has appointed a chief operating officer and a new business development manager.
Bluestone gets a new NZ head
The face of Australian non-bank lender Bluestone in New Zealand, for both its forays into the market is leaving the business.
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Call for transparency to ensure investor confidence
KiwiSaver providers should tell clients about exposures to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and put them in context to restore confidence.
Milford embraces technological advice and transparency as part of third party Kiwisaver growth
In 2007, Milford Asset Management entered its retail phase, originally built on a network of direct clients.
KiwiSaver managers making excessive profits: Stubbs
Simplicity cuts KiwiSaver fees and complains other managers are charging too much.
It's time to contact a mortgage broker
Homeowners overwhelmed with the cost of living, rising interest rates and recent weather damage are turning to mortgage brokers for advice. [READ ON]