First Home Buyers - February 16th Squirrel: Fixing your Mortgage Long-Term? Beware of the Break Fee! Squirrel's John Bolton explains why you should beware of the break fee if you are tempted to lock in your mortgage to earn a lower long-term rate… Beware of the break fee In an uncertain interest rate …
Banking & Insurance - February 10th Squirrel: How to Refinance Your Mortgage and Save Many homeowners' mortgages are rolling over this year, and most will face much higher rates. But there are ways to save on your mortgage repayments. Squirrel’s John Bolton has some expert advice on how to …
First Home Buyers - January 19th How to Reduce your Home Loan Repayments As all homeowners with mortgages know, interest rates have soared over the past 18 months. Back in August 2021, the average one-year fixed rate for owner-occupiers on Canstar’s mortgage database was 2.58%. Now, at time …
Home & Contents Insurance - January 19th Moving House Checklist: Things to Do When Moving Moving house can be a stressful time, one that requires plenty of project management and physical labour. Whether upsizing, downsizing, sea- or tree-changing, many of us move house several times over the course of our …
First Home Buyers - January 17th Best First Home Buyer Home Loans There’s a lot to consider for first home buyers (FHBs). Sure, you need to look at a home's location, its layout and whether it's structurally sound. But your finances need some serious thought, too. While house …
Banking & Insurance - December 21st Squirrel: Expert Tips on How to Survive Higher Mortgage Rates Whether you’re among those already forking out $2000 more each month in added mortgage costs, or you’re heading towards a fixed-rate rollover with a growing sense of doom, there’s no doubt (even before the Reserve …
Home Loans - December 9th Sustainable Home Loans NZ: What’s on Offer If you want to make your home more eco friendly and save money by adding insulation, double glazing or solar systems, there are low cost sustainable home loans available from the banks. You can even …
Home Loans - November 30th Squirrel: Interest Rates Up as Market Bottom Approaches Over the past year or so we've seen a decline in the number of properties sold in New Zealand, from 100,000 down to about 68,000. The chances are that turnover will decline a bit further …
Home Loans - November 27th Squirrel: Triple OCR Hike to Tip NZ into Recession It happened. As expected, the Reserve Bank of NZ announced a whopping 0.75% increase to the official cash rate, bringing it to 4.25%. I had been optimistically hanging out for a 0.50% rise, on the basis …
Home Loans - November 14th Squirrel: Interest Rates and the State of the NZ Housing Market Continuing the major themes of the last few months, inflation and mortgage rates are still very much the focus out there across the housing market at the moment. We’re now only a week out from the …