TSB

6 Dec 18, 8:39am

The last of the main banks retreats from a sub-4% home loan offer rate, just as wholesale rates tumble on the darkening international mood. But two smaller rivals still offer sub-4%
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TSB tips the average lower

15 Nov 18, 9:26am

David Chaston

16 comments

History is made with the weighted average one year fixed mortgage rate falling below 4% for the first time ever, bumped lower by Thursday's cut by TSB
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Here come the overt cash-back incentives again

12 Nov 18, 9:05am

David Chaston

71 comments

ANZ follows up its new lower one year rate with a $3000 cash back incentive, with conditions that include promising to stay with them for three years
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ANZ goes under 4%

10 Nov 18, 9:00am

David Chaston

41 comments

New Zealand's largest home loan lender challenges its main rivals with a sub-4% one year fixed mortgage rate - just as wholesale swap rates turn up
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Down, down, down

5 Nov 18, 9:49am

David Chaston

33 comments

Kiwibank is the next one to chop a key home loan rate, reducing its one year fixed rate to 4.05% as the main banks follow the challenger banks lower
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TSB trims key mortgage rates

3 Nov 18, 11:17am

David Chaston

3 comments

Three cuts from a rising challenger bank tighten the rate competition for home loans. While none of these reductions are market-leading, they reinforce the downward trend in mortgage rate offers
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ASB cuts two key mortgage rates

5 Oct 18, 10:04am

David Chaston

27 comments

More home loan rate trimming this time by ASB. Its new 18-month rate now has a notable advantage against its main rivals and matches ANZ's new 1-year rate
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More mortgage rates are trimmed

3 Oct 18, 8:40am

David Chaston

2 comments

Both TSB and Westpac move some key home loan rates lower, with TSB's eighteen month fixed rate a notable lower level. All rate offers now tightly bunched
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Mortgage rate offers drift into a tight bunch

28 Sep 18, 10:52am

David Chaston

5 comments

TSB moves to match rivals with two new fixed rate home loan specials. Bank rate pricing tactics getting assessed as home buying volumes stay in an unexceptional zone
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More bank rate cuts

14 Sep 18, 10:29am

David Chaston

39 comments

Three more banks lower their home loan rates but only to levels in the middle of the pack - and one of them lowers term deposit rates as well
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Two banks cut mortgage rates

11 Sep 18, 6:39pm

David Chaston

51 comments

TSB takes a sharp pencil to home loan rates three years and longer. ANZ reduces most of its rates, but none market leading
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More term deposit rate cuts

1 Sep 18, 9:32am

David Chaston

6 comments

ANZ follows some of its main rivals lower with -10 to -20 bps cuts to seven specific terms, and a +5 bps rise for one term
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A chilly Spring for investors?

31 Aug 18, 10:28am

David Chaston

13 comments

Some banks are trimming term deposit rates, others offering attractive 'specials'. But the immediate trend is for lower rate offers, hurt by diving wholesale swap rates
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TSB joins the rate-cutting party

20 Aug 18, 10:40am

David Hargreaves

Banks continue to trim mortgage interest rates following 'dovish' statements from the Reserve Bank
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HSBC claims the low rate position across the board

7 Aug 18, 2:31pm

David Chaston

19 comments

New carded rate offers from HSBC set them 10 to 30 basis points below any other home loan rival, making HSBC an attractive and unique comparator
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TSB trims four mortgage rates

9 Jul 18, 5:31pm

David Chaston

3 comments

TSB sets its fighting rate at 4.35% for eighteen months fixed, the lowest of any bank for this term except HSBC Premier
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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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