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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.
More rate cuts - an update
Westpac and BNZ have joined the rate war this week, dropping their one-year term to 3.09%. This seems to be the new norm.
Managing your mortgage through the COVID-19 crisis
Squirrel's CEO John Bolton shared some practical advice for homeowners, and how to keep up with mortgage repayments when hit by financial hardship, in a time like this.
End of week rate roundup
Kiwibank and ANZ are the first to respond to the slashed OCR (earlier this week) which went from 1% to 0.25%. Here's the latest.
Post OCR slash: mortgage rate update
It's been two days since the emergency OCR cut, which saw our already low rate go from 1% to 0.25%. So how does this translate into mortgage rates?
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