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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.
Small bank takes on large ones for big loans
The past week has been a relatively quiet one in terms of the quantum of changes to home loan rates, but there has still been plenty of heat amongst those battling it out a the bottom of the two-year rate table.
Economist sticks to his house price fall forecast
Bank of New Zealand economist Tony Alexander is sticking with his call that house prices will fall up to 10%, even though figures show something different
Kiwibank sneaks into home loan war game
Weekly Home Loan report: The home loan price war became a battle between two of the banks last week – the protagonist Bank of New Zealand and the ASB Bank.
United exceeds 100%
While mortgages covering 100% of a house’s purchase price are in fashion, particularly given the government’s desire to increase home ownership, one lender is now offering loans covering 102.5% of the purchase price.
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