Tuesday, May 19th 2026

Xceda adds an experienced business manager

Xceda is pleased to introduce Bruce Smith as Strategic Partnership Manager, supporting advisers with specialist lending scenarios and strengthening relationships across the adviser market.

OCR increases should start sooner rather than later

Friday, May 15th 2026

OCR increases should start sooner rather than later

ASB’s economists are favouring OCR hikes to start in July while Westpac thinks September is the right time.

Basecorp secures more funding

Thursday, May 14th 2026

Basecorp secures more funding

Basecorp has closed out another securitisation programme raising funds for future lending.

Monday, May 11th 2026

First home buyers continue leaping into the housing and mortgage markets

While house prices move up at a glacial pace first home buyers are taking advantage of the hollowed-out market to buy and get what they want.

Friday, May 08th 2026

Banks spend big for little gain

Cashback campaign cost banks millions for little change in mortgage customer share

Non-bank lending balloons

Wednesday, May 06th 2026

Non-bank lending balloons

The Reserve Bank says residential mortgage lending by non-banks has risen about 30% since the deposit insurance scheme came into force from July 1 last year.

Westpac accelerates home lending and adviser-originated loans

Tuesday, May 05th 2026

Westpac accelerates home lending and adviser-originated loans

Westpac New Zealand accelerated its home loan lending in the six months ended March, adding $2.1 billion in new lending.

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Advisers increased origination of BNZ home loans

Advisers increased origination of BNZ home loans

Monday, May 04th 2026

Is BNZ rediscovering that ditching mortgage advisers comes at a cost?

Mortgage borrowers catch up on arrears

Mortgage borrowers catch up on arrears

Monday, May 04th 2026

As economic struggles push the country towards stagflation, borrowers with mortgage arrears continue to decline.

ANZ's reliance on mortgage advisers eases a little

ANZ's reliance on mortgage advisers eases a little

Friday, May 01st 2026

Mortgage advisers originated 58% of ANZ Bank New Zealand’s home loans in the six months ended March, down from 59% in the same six months a year earlier.

One-year fixed spot on for borrowers - ANZ

One-year fixed spot on for borrowers - ANZ

Thursday, April 30th 2026

ANZ economists see little value in fixing mortgages for more than one year from a pure cost perspective.

Economists at war over OCR forecasts

Economists at war over OCR forecasts

Wednesday, April 15th 2026

ANZ suggests the RBNZ will rise three times this year. Kiwibank says "reckless" rate hikes unwarranted.

ANZ goes out on a limb and predicts three OCR rises this year

ANZ goes out on a limb and predicts three OCR rises this year

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%.

Mortgage enquiries sink as war drags on and interest rates rise

Mortgage enquiries sink as war drags on and interest rates rise

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.

Non-bank sector hopeful of a more profitable year

Non-bank sector hopeful of a more profitable year

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.

OCR on hold

OCR on hold

Wednesday, April 08th 2026

The Reserve Bank has kept the OCR unchanged. Here's what it said.

RBNZ urged to lower OCR to counter oil price shock recession

RBNZ urged to lower OCR to counter oil price shock recession

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.

Billions in wealth lost during one of the severest housing corrections

Billions in wealth lost during one of the severest housing corrections

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.

Altered documents lead to cancelled licence for mortgage adviser

Altered documents lead to cancelled licence for mortgage adviser

Wednesday, April 01st 2026

KAN's tipoff to the Financial Markets Authority leads to mortgage adviser having his FAP licence cancelled.

BNZ take mortgage competition up a notch

BNZ take mortgage competition up a notch

Tuesday, March 31st 2026

BNZ is upping competition between banks by paying the legal fees of homeowners who switch their mortgages to the bank.

Mortgage holders big switch to new lenders tapers off

Mortgage holders big switch to new lenders tapers off

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.

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SBS FirstHome Combo 4.19
ICBC 4.49
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special 4.55
Kainga Ora 4.59
Unity Special 4.59
BNZ - Std 4.65
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 4.65
AIA - Go Home Loans 4.65
ASB Bank 4.65
TSB Special 4.69
ICBC 4.89
China Construction Bank 4.95
Kainga Ora 4.95
Unity Special 5.09
Nelson Building Society 5.09
Westpac Special 5.19
BNZ - Std 5.19
SBS Bank Special 5.19
ASB Bank 5.25
AIA - Go Home Loans 5.25
TSB Special 5.25
Westpac Special 5.59
ICBC 5.65
Kainga Ora 5.69
BNZ - Std 5.79
SBS Bank Special 5.79
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 5.89
ASB Bank 5.89
AIA - Go Home Loans 5.89
Kiwibank Special 5.99
TSB Special 5.99
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 5.75
Kiwibank Special 5.75
Kiwibank 5.75