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Home Loans - November 15th

Banks risk ‘inappropriate sales practices’ through staff incentives – FMA

Emma Quantrill sums up Financial Markets Authority's (FMA) position on bank staff incentives, following the authority's just-released report.  Bank staff incentives are highly sales focused, which increases the risk of inappropriate sales practices taking place, a FMA report shows. On …

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Home Loans - November 15th

How to use the NZ home loan rate cuts to your advantage

It's an interesting time in the New Zealand home loan market. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has said it is seriously considering pulling back on the minimum 20% deposit requirement for owner occupiers. And, …

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Credit Cards - November 6th

‘Significant weaknesses in risk managment’: NZ bank review

On 5 November, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) released the findings of their joint review into the conduct and culture of the New Zealand banking industry. The major finding …

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Home Loans - October 10th

What Does The Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman Do?

Co-author: Christine Thelander What is the Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman (IFSO) and what does it do? Find out how it handles dispute resolutions for consumers. When something goes wrong in the area of finance, general insurance, investments, life …

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Home Loans - October 9th

KiwiSaver first home withdrawals top $700 million

More than 30, 000 KiwiSaver members have withdrawn a total of $723 million in KiwiSaver funds to buy their first home in the past year, according to the just-released Financial Markets Authority (FMA) KiwiSaver report. A total …

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Home Loans - September 26th

What is a 30-year fixed rate home loan?

Co-author: William Jolly What exactly is a 30-year fixed mortgage, and what are the best fixed interest rates available in New Zealand? The cost of your mortgage over the 25 or 30 years that it takes you to …

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Home Loans - September 26th

OCR stays put with “welcome signs of inflation returning to midpoint”

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has kept the Official Cash Rate at 1.75% and is sticking to its guns on keeping it there into 2019 and beyond. Governor Adrian Orr released the OCR statement …

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Home Loans - September 26th

What is a construction home loan?

Co-author: Mitchell Watson So you've decided to take the plunge and build your next home. You'll have plenty of decisions to make - which fittings and fixtures to use, which colour to paint the house and which …

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Credit Cards - September 25th

Reasons to get on the enewsletter mailing list

It's all well in good for us to do the hard sell on the Canstar enewsletter. After all, of course we'd love more visitors to the Canstar website. But what you want to know is …

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Home Loans - September 17th

How Do Home Loans Work?

Co-author: Sam Bloom Taking out a mortgage is a fundamental part of life for many New Zealand households. Most of us can’t afford the steep purchase price of a nice home up front, so we take out …

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