Property Management

Putting something back

A charitable trust set up to provide low-cost rental housing for pensioners is celebrating its first quarter-century.

Monday, November 24th 2003

Kenneth Weaver is wearing an immaculate dark blue suit and crisp white shirt. He is tall and trim, with a full head of neatly cropped silver hair and an energy that belies his 69 years. He welcomes me with a steely handshake and fixes me with a direct gaze.

"I'm a very lucky man," he says. "When I say that, 35 years ago I was a storeman in a factory. I've got no skills and no profession, and today somehow I've ended up as a multimillionaire."

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Unity First Home Buyer special	3.99
ICBC	4.25
SBS FirstHome Combo	4.29
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special	4.35
TSB Special	4.39
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	4.45
ANZ Special	4.49
ASB Bank	4.49
SBS Bank Special	4.49
Unity Special	4.49
Westpac Special	4.49

Westpac Special	4.45
SBS Bank Special	4.49
BNZ - Std	4.49
Kiwibank Special	4.49
TSB Special	4.49
AIA - Go Home Loans	4.49
ANZ Special	4.49
ASB Bank	4.49
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	4.49
ICBC	4.59
Wairarapa Building Society	4.59

SBS Bank Special	4.99
Westpac Special	4.99
ICBC	4.99
BNZ - Std	4.99
AIA - Go Home Loans	5.15
ASB Bank	5.15
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.19
ANZ	5.39
TSB Special	5.39
Kiwibank Special	5.39
Kainga Ora	5.49

SBS FirstHome Combo	3.44
AIA - Back My Build	3.54
SBS Construction lending for FHB	3.74
CFML 321 Loans	4.25
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ	5.30
Co-operative Bank - Standard	5.30
ICBC	5.39
Heartland Bank - Online	5.45
Kiwibank - Offset	5.80
Kiwibank	5.80
ANZ	5.89

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Putting something back

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