What do you want from a finance blog?
We’re guessing that you want good information about all things finance related.
That’s what we have been told, and therefore we do our best to provide updates on a wide range of topics. We help a lot of first home buyers and have New Zealand’s most popular Facebook Group dedicated to them. We also deal a lot with new build finance and non-bank finance as well as the major banks.
We also like to add some stories too as these often help explain how our mortgage advisers can help.
Top Auckland Mortgage Brokers Look At What Is Important Today
Some of the top Auckland mortgage brokers are starting to look at what will be perceived as the most important things in the post COVID environment. With the second lock-down Auckland mortgage brokers have realised that…
How Low Will Mortgage Rates Go In 2020?
As mortgage advisers one of the most common questions that we are asked is “how low will mortgage rates go?” Whether you are just getting a mortgage, refinancing your mortgage or just have a loan due…
What First Home Buyers Need To Think About Before Applying For A Loan
Buying your first home is not easy and there is plenty to think about both before and after you apply for a home loan or start looking at houses. The media are saying that the cooling…
Tip’s For Shopping For The Best Mortgage Rates
When you find a house you want to buy, or when you are refinancing your mortgage your impulse may be to move quickly to lock in a mortgage rate — especially in a competitive market like…
Sovereign Home Loans Provide Better Home Loan Rates
Most major banks have a “standard interest rate” and a “special interest rate” with the special home loan rates only being available to people that have more than 20% equity or deposit. If you have less…
Six Good Ways That Help Kiwis Save More For Your Deposit
Save more for your deposit … yes, that is what you may have been told. But as we know saving a deposit for your first home is not easy, and in the cities where houses are…
A Fast Home Loan Pre Approval Might Not Be Best
Everyone wants a fast home loan pre approval, but that doesn’t mean that you are getting the best home loan,and often it can mean the opposite! Often people think that all home loan are the same…
Co-Ownership Helps First Home Owners Get A Foot On The Property Ladder
First home buyers have struggled for years to get onto the property ladder, but now with co-ownership there is another way. Over the years in New Zealand parents have helped their children to buy their first…
How To Save $50,000 When You Refix A Home Loan
Today we arranged to refix a home loan and managed to also show Stephanie how she could save $50,000 How Simple Is This… Stephanie had a home loan of about $360,000 and was paying $1,975 monthly….
Some Relief Ahead With LVR Restrictions Removed
Many people have already started to ask what it means to have the LVR restrictions removed… and given the current economic environment it’s a very good question. So what does it really mean? Stuart Wills, Auckland Mortgage Broker My name is Stuart Wills and as an Auckland mortgage broker I’ve seen first hand how difficult it is for first home buyers to get onto the…
