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| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.00 |
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 4.15 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 4.29 |
| ICBC | 4.49 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.59 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.69 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.85 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.89 |
| ASB Bank | 4.99 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.99 |
| ANZ Special | 4.99 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.95 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.95 |
| ICBC | 4.99 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.29 |
| Westpac Special | 5.29 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.35 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.35 |
| ANZ Special | 5.35 |
| ASB Bank | 5.35 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.39 |
| TSB Special | 5.39 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.49 |
| ICBC | 5.65 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.75 |
| Westpac Special | 5.75 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.75 |
| ASB Bank | 5.75 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 5.89 |
| Kiwibank 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 | 3.79 |
| CFML 321 Loans | 4.20 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 5.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.69 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.79 |
| Pepper Money Prime | 5.99 |
| Unity Special | 6.04 |
| Unity Standard | 6.04 |
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BNZ profit dips and margins fall
BNZ reported its annual profit yesterday - interestingly it chapioned that 59% of its mortgage book came through its bank distribution channel.
This is the overall make up of the book.
What was not disclosed (and we have asked for) is the flow numbers. That is how much business came from advisers v branches in the financial year.
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