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.
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.
KiwiSaver had always been part of client conversations at Moneta. But as compliance expectations increased and clients began expecting faster, clearer, and more digital experiences, the team saw an opportunity to enhance the way they delivered KiwiSaver advice. MORE »
Advisers are being urged to be on heightened alert after a sharp increase in hard to spot malicious email activity.
AdviceLink was built to support advisers in delivering great advice, right across the industry. Yet there’s still a common perception that it’s just an internal CRM tool for LFG and NZHL—our sister companies. That’s understandable, but it’s no longer accurate.
As the first-half results from Kiwibank and ASB Bank suggested, both gained significant mortgage market share through calendar 2025, while New Zealand’s largest bank was the biggest loser.
New brand and diversification for mortgagehq.
REINZ welcomes regulation of methamphetamine contamination in rental housing.
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.
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.
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 3.99 |
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 3.99 |
| ICBC | 4.39 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.39 |
| TSB Special | 4.39 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.49 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.49 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.49 |
| ANZ Special | 4.49 |
| Unity Special | 4.49 |
| ICBC | 4.59 |
| ANZ Special | 4.69 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.69 |
| TSB Special | 4.69 |
| Wairarapa Building Society | 4.79 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.87 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.89 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.89 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.89 |
| Unity Special | 4.89 |
| Westpac Special | 4.89 |
| ICBC | 5.19 |
| Westpac Special | 5.29 |
| TSB Special | 5.29 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.29 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.69 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.69 |
| ASB Bank | 5.69 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.79 |
| Westpac | 5.89 |
| 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 |
Specialist lender Cressida Capital has appointed a new property finance analyst.
Jack Patel has taken on a new role as business development manager with a specialist non-bank lender.
As part of a restructure NZFSG has appointed a new National Director.
Generate says providing advice on KiwiSaver can help create “a moat” around an adviser’s business.
KiwiSaver providers are cautiously supportive of changes to make it easier for farmers to buy homes – but would prefer the tinkering with the system stopped.
Debt solution charity Debtfix is working with a growing number of KiwiSaver providers, to help them handle their financial hardship withdrawal workload.
Advisers warned about increasing cyber risks
Advisers are being urged to be on heightened alert after a sharp increase in hard to spot malicious email activity. [READ ON]
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