Interest rates expected to rise at a much faster pace
Further interest rate rises look likely over coming weeks, economist Tony Alexander says.
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Another dealer group gets a new CEO
The Kiwi Adviser Network (KAN) has appointed Warwick Slow as its new chief executive.
Where to for mortgage advisers?
Pivot will be the key word for the mortgage industry this year.
Baden Martin lands new gig at non-bank lender
Baden Martin takes on General Manager role at non-bank lender.
Basecorp positioning as a one stop shop for advisers
The non-bank lender has spent the past couple of years broadening its product range and finished last year with a mortgage book of about $1.15 billion.
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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 | 3.95 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 3.99 |
| TSB Special | 4.39 |
| ICBC | 4.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.49 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.49 |
| Unity Special | 4.49 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.59 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.59 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.59 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.59 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.87 |
| ICBC | 4.89 |
| Unity Special | 4.89 |
| TSB Special | 4.89 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.89 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.89 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.89 |
| First Credit Union Special | 4.95 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.95 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.95 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.09 |
| Westpac Special | 5.59 |
| ICBC | 5.65 |
| TSB Special | 5.69 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.69 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.69 |
| ASB Bank | 5.69 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.79 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.89 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.89 |
| 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 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 5.30 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 5.65 |
| Kiwibank | 5.75 |
| Unity Special | 5.79 |
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Loan Market adviser becomes RM
Loan Market adviser Ryan Amoore has shifted to the corporate team as a Regional Manager.
Cressida adds to its team
Specialist lender Cressida Capital has appointed a new property finance analyst.
Jack Patel back on the tools
Jack Patel has taken on a new role as business development manager with a specialist non-bank lender.
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What KiwiSaver changes do managers agree on?
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told the recent FSC Outlook come to us with your five best ideas and let's see what we can do. So Good Returns asked some fund managers for their top five KiwiSaver change ideas.
Political parties given outline of KiwiSaver 2.0
Director and investor Fraser Whineray has delivered his plan for “KiwiSaver 2.0” to political parties this week.
Advising on KiwiSaver can create "a moat" for adviser's businesses: Generate
Generate says providing advice on KiwiSaver can help create “a moat” around an adviser’s business.
Another dealer group gets a new CEO; Where to for mortgage advisers now?
KAN is the latest dealer group to get a new CEO, following Bruce Patten taking over NZFSG last year and Link has been advertising for a General Manager. [More on KAN here]
Following Westpac's decision to cut trail commissions we ask where to now for mortgage advisers. [READ ON]