Can I buy a rental property as my first home?
Clever young people can and do buy rental properties as their first home. Many stay living at home with their [...]
Review your home loan interest rate TODAY!
Recently you may heard in the press that the banks are having a price war. This is a great opportunity [...]
Mortgage wars: Banks paying fees
The low growth residential mortgage market has created a new phenomenon with banks now prepared to cough up break fees [...]
How to kill your credit rating — in six simple steps
Having a squeaky clean credit rating is very useful in life. It'll help you next time you really need to [...]
Housing affordability down despite falling mortgage rates
Housing affordability declined over past two years. Housing affordability has declined over the past two years despite mortgage rates falling [...]
Competition hot in first-home property market
A shortage of houses in the first-home buyers' market over winter has caused a rise in multi-offer agreements, confusing those [...]
First-timers drive housing market
Young professionals who stayed at home with their parents during the recession were now driving competition in the market for [...]
Banks pressured to reduce fixed-mortgage rates
New Zealand's banks are set to face increased pressure to slash interest rates after ASB Bank became the latest [...]
Bankruptcy, What is it?
WHAT IS BANKRUPTCY? An official assignee from government agency the New Zealand Insolvency and Trustee Service administers your debts. You [...]
Floating rates unlikely to rise this year
Floating mortgage rates are unlikely to rise this year after Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard took his cue from [...]