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Sunday, June 23rd 2024
Alternative to first home grant
Auckland-based entrepreneur Derek Handley has set up a privately funded financial services group offering an alternative first home loan scheme.
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Sunday, June 23rd 2024
Auckland-based entrepreneur Derek Handley has set up a privately funded financial services group offering an alternative first home loan scheme.
Thursday, June 20th 2024
More needs to be done to offset the loss of millions of dollars in property and business investments to Australia caused by a growing exodus of wealthy Kiwis, says an industry expert.
Thursday, June 20th 2024
For the first time in more than three years, more people are picking interest rates will fall, rather than rise, but they are unsure whether it is a good time to buy a house.
Wednesday, June 05th 2024
A privately funded financial services company has picked up the slack left after the government scrapped the first home loan grant and set up an alternative scheme.
Monday, May 27th 2024
A lift in interest amongst first home buyers (FHB) remains a feature of housing activity.
Wednesday, May 15th 2024
Large numbers of property investors have not come back into the market despite the reintroduction of 80% interest deductibility for landlords and the lowering in July of the Brightline test from 10 years to two years, QV says in its latest update.
Thursday, May 09th 2024
The increasing number of low deposit mortgages being lent to first home buyers has been borne out by the latest CoreLogic research.
Wednesday, April 17th 2024
The enthusiasm that followed the change in government, mainly from property investors, has waned as homeowners and buyers hang out for interest rate cuts, says Kiwibank.
Monday, March 18th 2024
REINZ has emphasised the need for property management regulation to Parliament’s Social Services and Community Committee.
Thursday, March 14th 2024
“Reinstatement of interest deductibility starting from the new tax year on 1 April brings property investors back in line with every other business in the country, where interest costs are a legitimate deductible expense," Tim Horsbrugh, New Zealand Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) executive committee member says.
Monday, December 04th 2023
A big year is ahead for the property management industry.
Tuesday, November 28th 2023
The newly formed Coalition Government is getting right down to work and it means quite a bit for the property sector.
Tuesday, November 21st 2023
Every MP in the new National-led Government will be sent a letter by the New Zealand Property Investors Federation (NZPIF) outlining how the shortage of rental housing can be alleviated.
Monday, November 20th 2023
Auckland’s rents are among the priciest in the world. The city has the dubious distinction of being the third most expensive city globally in which to rent.
Tuesday, November 14th 2023
Fear of missing out (FOMO) is starting to creep back into the property market again.
Thursday, November 09th 2023
First home buyers bought 27% of houses sold over the third quarter of this year – a new record high.
Monday, November 06th 2023
The downturn in New Zealand’s building sector is deepening, and a sharp decline in building is expected over the year ahead, just as migration reaches all-time highs.
Tuesday, October 31st 2023
BNZ chief economist Mike Jones has had a crack at number crunching the cost between building new and buying an existing home and says the $200,000 difference has never been wider.
Friday, October 27th 2023
A sharp rebound in migration is bolstering demand for housing just as development slows.
Tuesday, October 24th 2023
National’s plans for unlocking the build-to-rent sector as an asset class can’t come soon enough for New Ground Capital, a pioneer of the new style of rental housing.
Friday, October 20th 2023
Regardless of politics, the property market’s recovery is still subdued.
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 5.89 |
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 6.45 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 6.59 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 6.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 6.79 |
| BNZ - Classic | 6.85 |
| ANZ Special | 6.85 |
| ASB Bank | 6.85 |
| Unity | 6.85 |
| TSB Special | 6.85 |
| Westpac Special | 6.85 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 6.35 |
| Westpac Special | 6.49 |
| SBS Bank Special | 6.49 |
| ANZ Special | 6.49 |
| ASB Bank | 6.49 |
| Unity | 6.49 |
| TSB Special | 6.49 |
| BNZ - Classic | 6.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 6.49 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 6.49 |
| Kiwibank Special | 6.49 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.99 |
| ASB Bank | 5.99 |
| Westpac Special | 5.99 |
| SBS Bank Special | 6.19 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 6.35 |
| ICBC | 6.39 |
| BNZ - Classic | 6.39 |
| TSB Special | 6.39 |
| Kiwibank Special | 6.39 |
| China Construction Bank | 6.40 |
| Westpac | 6.59 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 6.19 |
| AIA - Back My Build | 6.19 |
| ANZ Blueprint to Build | 7.39 |
| Credit Union Auckland | 7.70 |
| ICBC | 7.85 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 7.99 |
| Pepper Money Essential | 8.29 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 8.40 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 8.40 |
| First Credit Union Standard | 8.50 |
| Kiwibank | 8.50 |
