home loans

14 Jun 18, 9:25am

New Zealand's second largest home loan lender shifts its key carded rate offers lower for the three most popular fixed terms
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Kiwibank cuts its two year home loan 'special' rate

8 Jun 18, 2:20pm

David Chaston

8 comments

Kiwibank aims its winter mortgage special offer at a two year term, claiming a 16 bps advantage over its four Aussie bank rivals
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HSBC launches a 3.85% 18-month mortgage rate, a 50 year low

6 Jun 18, 10:26am

David Chaston

68 comments

HSBC NZ makes an off-season strike with a very low mortgage rate offer, hoping to build on its fast-rising market share growth
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NZ's biggest credit union offers 95% mortgages

6 Jun 18, 9:29am

Gareth Vaughan

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NZCU Baywide open for 95% mortgages, increases lending cap to $600,000
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Regional favourites

26 May 18, 9:12am

David Chaston

2 comments

NZ banks' mortgage market shares vary from region to region with some banks making significant moves in some parts of the country
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The Co-op Bank comes to the party

15 May 18, 5:52pm

David Chaston

Only the major Aussie-owned banks now have a one year fixed home loan rate above 4.30%, as challenger banks set the pace for this popular term
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More mortgage rate cuts

10 May 18, 9:05am

David Chaston

8 comments

ASB reduces two fixed home loan rates, taking its fixed three year offer to a market leading 4.79%. The Co-operative Bank also trims some rates
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One up, one down

30 Apr 18, 5:31pm

David Chaston

1 comment

ANZ pulls out of its low one year home loan rate special, settling back into the middle of the pack. But it did reduce its highish two year rate, but to an undistinguished level
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Who we are borrowing from for home loans

28 Apr 18, 10:55am

David Chaston

8 comments

Whatever way you look at it, ANZ is winning larger mortgage market shares for both home loans and rural mortgages. But challenger banks are also doing better
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Kiwibank goes long and lower

20 Apr 18, 4:36pm

David Chaston

9 comments

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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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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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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Why the message for borrowers in 2018 remains haggle with your bank

27 Mar 18, 7:59am

Gareth Vaughan

35 comments

Gareth Vaughan takes a look at the interest rate environment for borrowers after receiving a surprise offer from his bank
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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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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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BNZ challenges main rivals with new 2yr rate

6 Mar 18, 9:52am

David Chaston

20 comments

Bank of 'Let's Do It' sets a 4.49% two year fixed mortgage rate, about -16 bps lower than all its main rivals but still above both HSBC and TSB
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