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26 March 2025

What the RBNZ’s planned OCR track means for mortgage rates

With a series of small but steady OCR cuts expected over the coming months, here's how that's likely to impact short- and longer-t...

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20 March 2025

Rates still dropping, but some terms don't have much further to go

Now that the two-year rate is sitting below 5%—with most banks offering 4.99%—that's pretty close to where things are expected to ...

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13 March 2025

Borrowers favouring two-year term in wake of latest rate cuts

With most lenders now offering two-year fixed rates of 4.99%, borrowers have been flocking to the two-year term in droves. Does it...

04 June 2021

Why you might be better to break your home loan early

Typically you refix your loan at the end of your loan term, but it can make sense to break a loan and refix for a long term benefit.

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25 May 2021

Mortgage interest rates are set to rise

In New Zealand the current general expectation is that this removal of the sugar bowl will commence in the second half of next year. One or two forecasters are suggesting the first half.

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18 January 2021

Shifting interest rate risks

Welcome to 2021 and another year when in all probability house prices will continue to rise at a strong pace, with a key driving factor continuing to be record low interest rates.

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01 October 2020

A shift in longer term rates

ASB is the latest bank to drop their 4 and 5 year mortgage rates below 3%, joining BNZ and Westpac at 2.99% and it won't be long before the other banks follow suit.

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