Home Loans - September 8th Rate rises are on hold. But how should you fix your mortgage? The Reserve Bank’s decision to pause an Official Cash Rate rise leaves homeowners with a dilemma. The rapid escalation to a level-4 lockdown delayed this month’s seemingly inevitable rise, but odds are still on a …
Home Loans - September 8th Squirrel: House price forecast for 2022 We are starting to see commentators and even the Reserve Bank talk about falling house prices towards the back-end of next year. We should not be surprised that none of them are from real estate …
First Home Buyers - September 1st Mortgage Rates: How Quickly Will They Rise? Recently we've published a few stories reporting impending interest rate rises. Usually, we don't go in for divination. But when the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) and economists such as Tony Alexander are both forecasting rate rises, …
Home Loans - August 30th Why the Housing Market is Slowing Down There are a growing number of factors in play that suggest that while demand for housing will remain firm and house construction strong, we've entered the end game for the period of strong house price …
First Home Buyers - August 20th Building A New Home? 14 Key Pieces of Advice from the Pros Building a new home can be a quite daunting process for first-timers. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered, and a lot of people who are relying on you to answer …
First Home Buyers - August 19th House Prices to Fall: A Good Time to Buy? For aspiring FHBs, the past 18 months have been hard. First came soaring house price inflation, then the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced it was going to tighten the loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions, …
Home Loans - August 18th Buying A First Home? The Bank of Mum and Dad Can Help! Author: Martin Kovacs Unless you've been under a rock the last wee-while, you'll probably know that mortgage rates have plummeted. And while that's good news, it does come with a catch. At the same time, housing …
First Home Buyers - August 17th First Home Buyers: What to do if You Have Less Than a 20% Deposit Things are not getting any easier for aspiring first home buyers (FHBs) with a low deposit. The latest real estate figures show that, nationally, the median house price has increased by 23% over the past …
Home Loans - August 16th Squirrel: Rising Mortgage Rates – Time to Fix? The world has been printing money for several years, in anticipation of inflation and interest rates eventually rising. Neither of those happened. The main reason we didn’t see inflation was due to technology driven deflation. Higher …
First Home Buyers - August 11th Best Home Loans For First Home Buyers There’s a lot to consider for first home buyers. Sure, you need to look at the location, the number of bedrooms and if it has good foundations, but your finances need some serious thought, too. …
