If you happen to be a salary earner, proving your income is relatively easy. As long as your Employer issues decent quality Payslips, you can provide the 3 most recent…
Article current as of 1st April 2020 (no April Fools jokes are contained – all information accurate) With the recent announcements with bank relief packages and mortgage holidays, we are…
Banks are businesses and their goal is to make money and become the leading brand in the industry. This is the same goal as most other businesses and their reputation…
We are entering an unprecedented time. The Reserve Bank has announced an Official Cash Rate drop of 0.75% leaving the cash rate at a historic low of 0.25%. Most economists…
The Reserve Bank today announced that the OCR would be reduced by 0.75% to a new level of 0.25%. International markets around the world have been severely affected by the…
First home buyers are often nervous about the size of their Student Loan and how it will affect their chance of getting a mortgage. But how much does it really…
Kiwis like Credit Cards… a lot. If you’ve got 10 minutes, you could get one online right now (don’t). And the price for easily-acquired, unsecured debt is usually ~20% p.a.…
It’s the time of the year when the Mortgage Lab buffs up our Crystal Ball, gazes into the infinitely complicated world of economics and comes up with sufficiently generic interest…
The best thing about owning your own home is that you can decorate it however you choose. Unfortunately there are some less exciting things that every homeowner needs to do…
Think of the Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) like this: What percentage of the house is covered by the mortgage… Or, in other words, what percentage of the house does…
Smoking is a difficult habit to quit. There are many services that can help you, the most commonly known is Quitline, and each person will quit for different reasons. For…
What is the Official Cash Rate? The Official Cash Rate (OCR) is an interest rate set by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. To be specific, it is the interest rate…
In this day and age, where house prices are rapidly increasing, it is easy to think that home ownership is an impossible dream. Before I became a mortgage adviser I…
just don’t miss out on it. In order to grow your savings, you need to earn money. And you have to pay tax on that money. So, you might earn…
Order your Credit Report It’s free to order your own Credit Report and is a great insight into what the bank will know about you. See what loans are recorded…
It’s a question we get asked a lot. If we have an extra amount of money in our salary, should we use the money to pay down our mortgage or…
“My income is too high to be able to use KiwiSaver to purchase my first home”, was a comment made in passing to me today. Article written and submitted by…
Auctions can be a little bit overwhelming. They’re meant to be. It’s why they result in higher prices for the Vendors. To help ease the stress, here are 6 quick…