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Wednesday, December 10th 2025
[OPINION] The one thing that newly installed Reserve Bank governor Anna Breman has demonstrated is that she isn’t shy of being in the public eye and she is stressing the need for the central bank to exercise transparency and accountability.
Wednesday, December 10th 2025
Westpac is urging the RBNZ to make some public comment on evolving financial conditions.
Monday, December 08th 2025
New Zealand’s economy is putting recession in its rear-view mirror, with the recovery expected to pick up next year, ASB’s latest Quarterly Economic Forecast says.
Friday, December 05th 2025
Fixed mortgage interest rates could start rising before Christmas because the economy’s direction is now up, economist Tony Alexander says.
Thursday, December 04th 2025
Stable house prices, low interest rates and plenty of houses to choose from are still not enticing buyers.
Tuesday, December 02nd 2025
US president Donald Trump recently raised the idea of 50 year mortgages; but New Zealand advisers say such long loans won’t take off in New Zealand.
Tuesday, December 02nd 2025
The fall in borrowing costs is only half-way through for households, even though the RBNZ appears to have made its last cut to the OCR.
Monday, December 01st 2025
Loan Market lays out its plans to become the best known mortgage advice firm in New Zealand.
Monday, December 01st 2025
Questions are being asked about whether banks offering 1.5% cash backs will be able to process the volume of applications in time.
Wednesday, November 26th 2025
The Reserve Bank has probably finished cutting its official cash rate (OCR) after today’s 25 basis point cut to 2.25%, but it could be starting to hike again late next year, according to its latest monetary policy statement.
Wednesday, November 26th 2025
In its final cash rate decision of the year the Reserve Bank has decided to cut the OCR 25 points to 2.25%. Here's what it said.
Wednesday, November 26th 2025
About one in five Auckland residential properties (19.3%) sold for less than their original purchase price in the third quarter, up from up from 15.9% in the second quarter.
Monday, November 24th 2025
ANZ sparks mortgage battle with cash back offer; others follow suit.
Friday, November 21st 2025
Economists expect the OCR to drop another 0.25% to 2.25% next week, with a 50/50 chance of another cut in February.
Thursday, November 20th 2025
For Labour’s capital gains tax (CGT) to collect much revenue house prices will need to rise at a faster rate than they are.
Wednesday, November 19th 2025
Westpac could potentially book a one-off profit of more than $50 million from its decision to axe trail commissions to mortgage advisers.
Tuesday, November 18th 2025
Banks love it when clients refix their mortgages online; but it's not always the best option for borrowers.
Monday, November 17th 2025
ANZ Bank chief executive Antonia Watson tells TMM the bank scored an own goal on servicing but has worked hard to turn things around.
Wednesday, November 12th 2025
After two years as NZ Financial Services Group's chief executive Baden Martin has decided to leave the company.
Wednesday, November 12th 2025
New Zealand mortgage advisers would play a central role in the development of technology under a proposal from an International Mortgage Brokers Federation (IMBF) white paper.
Monday, November 10th 2025
ANZ Bank New Zealand held its reliance on mortgage advisers steady in the six months ended September compared with the six months ended March.
| 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 |
| TSB Special | 4.49 |
| ANZ Special | 4.49 |
| ASB Bank | 4.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.49 |
| Kainga Ora | 4.49 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.49 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.49 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.49 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 4.49 |
| Wairarapa Building Society | 4.59 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.59 |
| ICBC | 4.99 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.99 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.99 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.15 |
| ASB Bank | 5.15 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.15 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.19 |
| Westpac Special | 5.29 |
| TSB Special | 5.39 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.39 |
| ANZ | 5.39 |
| 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 | 5.65 |
| ANZ | 5.69 |
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