SearchWednesday, April 15th 2026
Economists at war over OCR forecasts
ANZ suggests the RBNZ will rise three times this year. Kiwibank says "reckless" rate hikes unwarranted.
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Wednesday, April 15th 2026
ANZ suggests the RBNZ will rise three times this year. Kiwibank says "reckless" rate hikes unwarranted.
Tuesday, April 14th 2026
The country’s biggest bank and home loan lender is now predicting three 0.25% OCR rises this year, taking the official cash rate to 3%.
Monday, April 13th 2026
High fuel prices because of the US and Israel war with Iran, rising interest rates, an increase in banks’ servicing test rates, election year wobbles and general uncertainty over the economy have meant a noticeable drop in mortgage enquiries.
Thursday, April 09th 2026
Even though margin pressure, the Iran war and election year dynamics are weighing on non-bank lenders, they are cautiously optimistic their businesses will improve this year, KPMG’s Specialist Lenders Insights Report shows.
Wednesday, April 08th 2026
The Reserve Bank has kept the OCR unchanged. Here's what it said.
Tuesday, April 07th 2026
While the country’s major banks’ economists expect the RBNZ to look through the initial effects of the Iran war and higher oil prices on inflation and to hold the OCR at 2.25% at its Monetary Policy Review tomorrow, Staircase Financial Management research head Kieran Trass says now is the time to cut the OCR when the oil shock is about to push up costs.
Thursday, April 02nd 2026
Homeowners have lost $570 billion in real wealth since the end of 2021 in one of the biggest peacetime housing falls, John Bolton, Squirrel Mortgages founder and group head of property finance reckons.
Wednesday, April 01st 2026
KAN's tipoff to the Financial Markets Authority leads to mortgage adviser having his FAP licence cancelled.
Tuesday, March 31st 2026
BNZ is upping competition between banks by paying the legal fees of homeowners who switch their mortgages to the bank.
Monday, March 30th 2026
Just 22.3% of the $6.6 billion borrowed in new mortgages during February was for a change of loan provider – the lowest since January last year, the latest Reserve Bank figures show.
Sunday, March 22nd 2026
Further interest rate rises look likely over coming weeks, economist Tony Alexander says.
Thursday, March 19th 2026
The Kiwi Adviser Network (KAN) has appointed Warwick Slow as its new chief executive.
Monday, March 16th 2026
Pivot will be the key word for the mortgage industry this year.
Friday, March 13th 2026
Baden Martin takes on General Manager role at non-bank lender.
Wednesday, March 11th 2026
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.
Monday, March 09th 2026
Advisers are being urged to be on heightened alert after a sharp increase in hard to spot malicious email activity.
Saturday, March 07th 2026
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.
Wednesday, March 04th 2026
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.
Tuesday, March 03rd 2026
New brand and diversification for mortgagehq.
Monday, March 02nd 2026
Mortgage lending slumped by a huge 57.1% to $6 billion in January after rising to a record $14.1 billion in December off the back of the major banks’ short-lived 1.5% cashback incentives, the latest Reserve Bank data shows.
Friday, February 27th 2026
The Reserve Bank’s new bank capital rules mean that Kiwibank can lend about $20 billion more in home loans or $7 billion more to businesses through to June 30, 2028 than it would have been able to under the previous capital rules.
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| SBS FirstHome Combo | 3.99 |
| TSB Special | 4.49 |
| ICBC | 4.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.49 |
| Unity Special | 4.49 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.49 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.59 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.59 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.59 |
| ASB Bank | 4.59 |
| Unity Special | 4.89 |
| ICBC | 4.89 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.89 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.89 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.95 |
| China Construction Bank | 4.95 |
| TSB Special | 5.09 |
| ASB Bank | 5.09 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.09 |
| Nelson Building Society | 5.09 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.09 |
| Westpac Special | 5.59 |
| ICBC | 5.65 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| TSB Special | 5.69 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.69 |
| ASB Bank | 5.69 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.79 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.89 |
| Kiwibank Special | 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 - Owner Occ | 4.99 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 4.99 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 5.30 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 5.65 |
| Kiwibank | 5.75 |
| Unity Standard | 5.79 |
