For many of us, living in Auckland can be challenging. Sure, there's plenty to enjoy about our largest city, but that comes at a price - namely, the comparably high cost of living.
Banks offering you cash for signing up a mortgage is a relatively new phenomenon, and one that won’t last much longer.
Buying a home is an important milestone in the lives of many people, across New Zealand and elsewhere.
If you've been dreaming of buying a house for the first time, you're absolutely not alone.
Buying a house is an important milestone in your life. It's a chance to establish a new home base for yourself and your family - and on top of that, buying property of your own is a great investment that will benefit you financially later on.
It's important that you let your mortgage adviser know as soon as possible of your impending divorce, especially if you share repayment duties.
Squirrel ran a seminar recently called Managing Risk in an Uncertain Market, where JB and Christina Leung (Senior Economist at NZIER) tried to make sense of where we’re at and where we might be heading in this crazy market.
With the Reserve Bank LVR changes (and generally below par rental yields) now is the time for investors to be looking at ways to maximise their existing portfolio and increasing its return where buying more properties is not an option.
Eyeing up those record-low interest rates and thinking of refinancing your current mortgage? There are some pretty good reasons to refinance depending on your needs, but is it the right opportunity for you right now?
It's one of the first questions that anyone looking for a home loan needs to ask themselves.
Commentators continue to talk up the property market and increasing prices almost at the chagrin of the RBNZ.
The Reserve Bank is still talking about low inflation and the potential for the OCR to decrease further, so how is it that in this environment mortgage rates can go up?