First Home Buyers - April 1st How to Cut Your Mortgage Interest Rate As the cost of living soars, every little saving most certainly counts. The Government’s temporary relief measure on fuel taxes will help many struggling with household bills, but it’s impossible to know how long the …
Home Loans - April 1st Best Home Loan Rates Whether you're a first home buyer, an investor, or an owner-occupier looking to upgrade or downsize, it's essential to shop around for the best home loan rates. Last October, the Reserve Bank started lifting the …
Banking & Insurance - April 1st Canstar NZ Consumer Pulse Report 2022 Here at Canstar, we talk to a lot of ordinary Kiwis. Over the course of a year, we canvass the opinions of many thousands of New Zealand adults. It's research that forms the basis of …
Home Loans - March 29th Will a Car Loan Affect My Home Loan? Author: Alasdair Duncan When you apply for a home loan, you must inform your lender about all of your assets and liabilities. This is because home loan providers are bound by responsible lending laws. Meaning they …
Home Loans - March 1st Squirrel: What Happens to Your Mortgage in a Divorce? According to Statistics New Zealand, each year just under 1% of marriages end in divorce. For most, it’s a deeply painful time. If the emotional toll isn't enough, you must add the job of extricating …
First Home Buyers - February 24th Pre-Purchase Building Inspection: Do You Need One? What is a pre-purchase building inspection? A pre-purchase building inspection, or property inspection, is an inspection of a property that is undertaken prior to its purchase. The aim of the inspection is to identify any potential …
Home Loans - February 22nd Squirrel: Property Investors Beware the Credit Crunch Property investors beware the credit crunch! As we start to feel the bite of recent legislative and bank policy changes, New Zealand has been left staring down the barrel of a major credit crunch. In …
First Home Buyers - February 18th Squirrel: LVR Restriction Tips for First Home Buyers It’s pretty tough going out there in the home loan market right now. Higher interest rates and new, hyper-prescriptive responsible lending laws have seen affordability and borrowing power take some big hits in recent months. That’s biting hard across the board …
Home Loans - February 17th How to Subdivide in NZ: What you Need to Know Across the country, especially in our main centres, land is at a premium. So if you're fortunate enough to own a home on a large section, one way of capitalising on its value is to …
First Home Buyers - February 16th Squirrel: 5 Big Hidden Homebuying Costs for FHBs Buying a home is (probably) going to be the biggest investment you’ll ever make. As a first home buyer, when you’re already fronting up such a hefty chunk of change, you’ll want to make sure …