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For years now I've ranted and raved about mortgage rates. One of the reoccurring themes is that mortgage rates are strongly influenced by household behaviour - "fear."

We’ve had a couple of interesting client problems this week that we’ve solved for them but it is a good wake up call on the risks of pre-1945 houses.

We get to see a number of ambitious young investors looking to rapidly grow their fledgling portfolios. The challenge is that accumulating properties has become tougher in the past 4-5 years with tighter bank credit rules and lower capital growth.

Is big better? The way banks respond to larger investors, you’d think probably not.

There is plenty of evidence around us that the Government and businesses like banks are no better at forecasting the future than Ursula the tarot card reader from Whakamaru.

What if you could pay off your mortgage in 15 years? It’s easier than you think.

Buying a home isn’t easy at the best of times. There are a lot of crap overpriced houses out there, poorly-maintained houses, and 90s leakers. We've got 10 tips to help you out.

In one of my recent posts I discussed how the Boomer population was the driving force behind the last boom and the massive increase we saw in house prices over the past 10 years in particular.

If you are on a big fat salary but don’t have the time to invest in property (but want to take advantage of this market) have you thought about using a Property Finder?

You need to take a macro view of interest rates to work out the future. My view?

This ‘Ask an Expert’ column ran in the NZ Herald last week. It was in response to a question on how to borrow if you are cash poor but asset rich.