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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.
Thursday, February 26th 2026
While AI is coming for mortgage advice, the real question is whether the industry is leading it or reacting to it.
Friday, February 20th 2026
Fintech Dosh’s bid to become a bank swiped left by the Reserve Bank blocks banking innovation.
Thursday, February 19th 2026
Mortgage advisers can now use ASB for clients buying a home under the Kāinga Ora First Home Loan scheme.
Thursday, February 19th 2026
The Reserve Bank thinks house prices will rise at a much slower pace during the current recovery than they have in past cycles.
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Wednesday, February 18th 2026
The Reserve Bank left the OCR unchanged today and indicated it may stay "accomodative" for some time.
Wednesday, February 18th 2026
The NZIER monetary policy shadow board says the RBNZ should start raising the OCR in the second half of this year.
Tuesday, February 17th 2026
The Adviser Platform (TAP) is moving away from being a traditional aggregator to opening up its services to anyone in the market.
Monday, February 16th 2026
The head of adviser association, FAMNZ, is hanging up his shingle leaving the New Zealand seven months after the country head resigned.
Thursday, February 12th 2026
OCR expected to be held at 2.25% at first review of the year.
Wednesday, February 11th 2026
ASB Bank continued to accelerate its mortgage lending at above its market share in the six months ended December and managed to lift its profit margin as well.
Wednesday, February 11th 2026
Two-year fixed interest rates surged back into popularity with home owners taking out new mortgages in December.
Monday, February 09th 2026
Australian annuities player, Challenger, has made an offer to acquire listed non-bank lender Pepper Money.
Thursday, February 05th 2026
The mortgage pile for residential investors is rising faster than that for owner-occupiers.
Wednesday, February 04th 2026
Mortgage interest payments falling 17.3% last year kept the cost-of-living hikes for the average household at just 2.2%.
Monday, February 02nd 2026
Dispute resolution scheme Financial Services Complaints says it has received fewer complaints about financial advisers in the second half of last year than in the same time a year earlier, even as overall complaint numbers rose.
Monday, February 02nd 2026
Being a good mortgage adviser requires combining technical expertise in lending with exceptional customer service to build trust.
Friday, January 30th 2026
As expected, billions of mortgage dollars washed around the major banks at the end of last year as homeowners chased the big cash backs on offer.
Thursday, January 29th 2026
Traditional mortgage advisory companies have been told to take the lead from fintechs in becoming more agile, innovative and aggressive.
Tuesday, January 27th 2026
The ASB and ANZ have joined Westpac in thinking the Reserve Bank will be forced to raise the OCR this year instead of next.
| Unity First Home Buyer special | 3.99 |
| SBS FirstHome Combo | 3.99 |
| TSB Special | 4.39 |
| Co-operative Bank - First Home Special | 4.39 |
| ICBC | 4.39 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.49 |
| Unity Special | 4.49 |
| ANZ Special | 4.49 |
| Westpac Special | 4.49 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.49 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.49 |
| ICBC | 4.59 |
| BNZ - Std | 4.69 |
| ANZ Special | 4.69 |
| Wairarapa Building Society | 4.79 |
| Nelson Building Society | 4.87 |
| Kiwibank Special | 4.89 |
| SBS Bank Special | 4.89 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 4.89 |
| Unity Special | 4.89 |
| TSB Special | 4.89 |
| Westpac Special | 4.89 |
| ICBC | 5.19 |
| Westpac Special | 5.29 |
| BNZ - Std | 5.29 |
| SBS Bank Special | 5.69 |
| Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ | 5.69 |
| TSB Special | 5.69 |
| Kainga Ora | 5.69 |
| ASB Bank | 5.69 |
| AIA - Go Home Loans | 5.69 |
| Kiwibank Special | 5.79 |
| Westpac | 5.89 |
| 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 |
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