Kiwibank

20 Apr 18, 4:36pm

State-owned mortgage lender changes its point of attack, offering market leading fixed home loan rates for terms of three years and longer
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Inflation picked to drop to the bottom of the RBNZ’s target band

16 Apr 18, 4:01pm

Jason Walls

20 comments

The market consensus is for CPI inflation to fall to 1.1% year-on-year when the data is released on Thursday but most bank economists say that figure is higher than they are expecting
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ANZ offers 4.25%

13 Apr 18, 5:29pm

David Chaston

9 comments

New Zealand's largest home loan lender launches a limited time one year 'special' that undercuts all its main rivals
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Two banks drop their 2yr mortgage offers

13 Apr 18, 9:18am

David Chaston

8 comments

Both ASB and BNZ announce lower two year fixed home loan rates, although ASB does raise two shorter term rates
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ASB seeks more info, ANZ plays down Consumer NZ survey result

12 Apr 18, 9:59am

Gareth Vaughan

ASB seeking more information after last equal placing in Consumer NZ bank customer satisfaction survey
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Local banks pip big Aussie banks for customer satisfaction

6 Apr 18, 11:29am

Guest

8 comments

Consumer NZ survey finds TSB, Co-op Bank and Kiwibank customers are happy but ANZ and ASB customers are less so
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TSB reduces 12 and 18 mth mortgage specials

3 Apr 18, 2:10pm

David Chaston

A key challenger bank reduces two key home loan rates as the real estate market winds down toward winter volumes. It also cuts some key savings account rates
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Kiwibank goes low with its one-year mortgage rate

23 Mar 18, 11:01am

David Chaston

7 comments

Kiwibank reverts its 2-year 'special' to 4.65% but replaces its fighting position with a 1-year 4.29% fixed home loan rate, the lowest of all the majors for that term
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BNZ ends 2-year mortgage special

20 Mar 18, 10:15am

David Chaston

BNZ raises 2-year mortgage rate back to the same level offered by its Aussie rivals after a 2-week campaign
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Spencer won’t rock the boat

19 Mar 18, 12:00pm

Jason Walls

Acting RBNZ Governor Grant Spencer is widely tipped to sit on his hands at Thursday’s OCR review, with very little change expected in his statement
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Kiwibank matches BNZ with a 4.49% 2yr mortgage rate

10 Mar 18, 11:07am

David Chaston

10 comments

In a lacklustre real estate and mortgage market, another bank cuts a key rate to generate some momentum and snare some market share even as funding costs remain stable
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Big five banks' December quarter financial performances compared

5 Mar 18, 10:12am

Gareth Vaughan

Soft mortgage growth doesn't prevent key financial metrics at the major banks improving during the December quarter
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December quarter NIM up, profit down at Kiwibank

27 Feb 18, 10:15am

Gareth Vaughan

Kiwibank's December quarter net interest margin rose, but so too did its cost to income ratio and cost of funds
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Kiwibank half-year profit down a third

23 Feb 18, 9:57am

Gareth Vaughan

3 comments

Kiwibank interim profit drops $21 mln to $42 mln after IT impairment and higher expenses, no new permanent CEO yet
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The mortgage rate challenge broadens

16 Feb 18, 1:48pm

David Chaston

1 comment

TSB opens the low-rate competition to the two-year fixed term with a rate sharply lower than just about everyone else
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Going one further

15 Feb 18, 6:42pm

David Chaston

23 comments

Mortgage rate competition gets fiercer around the fixed one year offer with ASB now offering 4.30% as a carded 'special', below rivals who cut rates earlier in the week
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Upping the ante

14 Feb 18, 8:22pm

David Chaston

Kiwibank matches the (almost) market-leading 4.35% one year home loan rate and adds their $2,000 cash-back offer to qualifying borrowers
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Plenty for the Reserve Bank to talk about

6 Feb 18, 9:09am

Jason Walls

19 comments

No one is expecting the RBNZ to make any changes to interest rates in its review this week – but inflation, GDP and 'expansionary' fiscal policy will take centre stage
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NZ banks lift advertising spend

2 Feb 18, 10:11am

Gareth Vaughan

Annual bank advertising spending increases with ANZ, BNZ, TSB and ASB leading the way
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Economic growth to taper off next year, economist says

2 Feb 18, 5:02am

Jason Walls

14 comments

A raft of economic issues, such as low business confidence and less govt roading investment, will see GDP growth begin to taper off early next year, according to Infometrics
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