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Tuesday, September 02nd 2025
Mortgage advisers have nothing to fear from the new home loan comparison calculator that the New Zealand Banking Association (NZBA) has just launched, according to leading adviser Bruce Patten of Loan Market.
Tuesday, September 02nd 2025
Non-performing housing loans plunged by $55 million in July just as new mortgage lending was 24.4% higher in the quarter than a year ago.
Monday, September 01st 2025
A couple of mortgage industry stalwarts are back in the market with an offering of deposit bonds for those who want to buy a residential property, but who for various reasons either can’t get finance from their banks or wish to avoid the obligations such access requires.
Monday, September 01st 2025
Only one of the major banks appears to have made changes to its clawback policy despite it being one of the 14 recommendations in last year’s Commerce Commission’s report into retail banking competition the Government is implementing.
Friday, August 29th 2025
Newpark, which was acquired by SHARE in a surprise move a number of years ago, has been sold again.
Friday, August 29th 2025
Housing affordability is at its best since 2019 and with ANZ predicting no growth in prices for the rest of the year it could improve further for first home buyers.
Thursday, August 28th 2025
A new high of $2.6 billion in mortgage money changed lenders last month.
Wednesday, August 27th 2025
Kiwibank continued to gain market share of mortgages in the June quarter, along with BNZ and ASB, while both ANZ and Westpac lost market share.
Wednesday, August 27th 2025
Recommendations in the recently released Finance & Expenditure Select Committee inquiry into banking competition are on the right track to encourage competition, Squirrel Mortgages says.
Tuesday, August 26th 2025
A new country manager for the Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of New Zealand (FAMNZ) is expected to be appointed in the next fortnight.
Monday, August 25th 2025
First home buyers’ share of the housing market is hovering at its highest in 20 years – making them the dominant buying force all year.
Monday, August 25th 2025
Failure to give customers legally required information about their loans and, in some cases, agreed interest rate discounts had landed Westpac in hot water.
Friday, August 22nd 2025
Average house prices around New Zealand have fallen for five months in a row now despite mortgage interest rates falling over 2% from this time a year ago.
Friday, August 22nd 2025
Heartland Group grew its reverse mortgage business in New Zealand by 15.5% with growth in total net lending slowed by higher repayments while the Australian business grew 18.5%.
Friday, August 22nd 2025
Kiwibank stepped up lending on mortgages in its second half, taking growth for the full year to almost double its market share.
Thursday, August 21st 2025
Well-known Auckland mortgage adviser Jeff Royle has expanded his business to Australia and the UK and is changing its name.
Thursday, August 21st 2025
Mortgage holders who have been hanging out on short-term fixed rates, hoping that longer-term rates still had further to fall, may be proven to have had the right strategy.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025
The Reserve Bank is expecting higher inflation and unemployment and lower economic growth and is also expecting to cut its official cash rate (OCR) twice more to bottom out at 2.5%.
![[BREAKING NEWS] OCR cut to 3%, down 25 basis points](https://www.goodreturns.co.nz/pics/logos/OCR-CUT.jpg)
Wednesday, August 20th 2025
OCR reduced to 3 percent, with the Reserve Bank leaving the door open for more cuts if inflation keeps falling.
Tuesday, August 19th 2025
Home loan affordability need another boost with an OCR cut tomorrow, FAMNZ says.
Monday, August 18th 2025
This week’s expected OCR by the RBNZ and a signal it will make another is not going to be nowhere enough to dig the economy out of its hole.
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 3.99 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 3.99 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.69 |
| ICBC | 4.69 |
| ANZ Special | 4.75 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.75 |
| ASB Bank | 4.75 |
| TSB Special | 4.75 |
| Westpac Special | 4.75 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.75 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.79 |
| TSB Special | 4.75 |
| ANZ Special | 4.75 |
| ASB Bank | 4.75 |
| Westpac Special | 4.75 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.75 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.79 |
| ICBC | 4.89 |
| Unity Special | 4.89 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.89 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.89 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.89 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.39 |
| Westpac Special | 5.39 |
| ICBC | 5.39 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.49 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.49 |
| ASB Bank | 5.49 |
| TSB Special | 5.49 |
| BNZ - Classic | 5.59 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.59 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.59 |
| ANZ | 5.59 |
| SBS Construction lending for FHB | 3.74 |
| AIA - Back My Build | 4.44 |
| CFML 321 Loans | 4.75 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.70 |
| Co-operative Bank - Standard | 5.70 |
| Heartland Bank - Online | 5.75 |
| ICBC | 6.09 |
| Kiwibank - Offset | 6.15 |
| Kiwibank | 6.15 |
| ASB Bank | 6.29 |
| SBS Bank | 6.29 |
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