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Rates change all the time. Keep up to date with the latest activity so you can manage your mortgage and pay-it-off faster.
Non-bank lenders withdrawing rates due to US markets
Lenders in New Zealand are watching developments in the United States anxiously as conditions in credit markets deteriorate.
Kiwibank cuts two-year rate below 8%
Kiwibank has upped the ante in the home loan market dropping its two-year rate in anticipation that another official cash rate cut is coming.
Longer term mortgages off the menu now
The mortgage market is changing rapidly again as funders and lenders react to continuing turmoil in international credit markets. One major lender has warned that mortgage rates may rise again and it has also reduced the range of fixed rate terms ...
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Mortgage brokers may be suffering a further blow to their incomes as a result of problems in the economy.
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