Pay Down Your Mortgage Or Save Into Your KiwiSaver?
Date Published: 27 March 2024
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…
Small Steps – Update Your KiwiSaver Contact Details
Date Published: 8 January 2024
If you have ever tried to tidy up your financial affairs, it can be overwhelming to try and do everything at once. Like most big projects, the best way to…
The worst financial decision you can make
Date Published: 7 January 2024
Saving is a long, slow process. That’s why so many of us are so bad at it. You could put $20 aside every week and after a year, you’ll have…
Mortgage Deposit: Can I take out a loan to increase my deposit?
Date Published: 6 January 2024
As you may know from our other blogs, there are some key levels of deposit that you need to get to in order to buy a new home. The main…
Where Am I Going To Find My Mortgage Deposit?
Date Published: 3 January 2024
One of the simplest ways to grow your deposit is KiwiSaver. Below, we take a quick look at how quickly your deposit could grow and the numbers around this. Let’s…
3 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for Your Mortgage (No Matter When You’re Buying)
Date Published: 2 January 2024
Whether you’re getting serious about buying a house or are thinking you’d like to buy sometime in the future, doing these three things today will help you get ready for…
Pocket money into KiwiSaver – how to maximise compound interest
Date Published: 16 August 2022
Could parents use KiwiSaver as a method for rewarding children in the form of pocket money? Read on to see how one of our clients is successfully doing it and…
It’s ok if you don’t understand the KiwiSaver Member Tax Credit…
Date Published: 12 June 2022
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…
First Home Loan vs First Home Grant
Date Published: 22 May 2022
Previously, we’ve looked at the difference between First Home Grants and KiwiSaver. Another often confused, pairing is the First Home Loan (previously known as the Welcome Home Loan) facility and…
First Home Grants and KiwiSaver
Date Published: 21 May 2022
First home buyers can often get tangled up in the pile of new concepts to learn. In this article, we explore the basics of withdrawing your KiwiSaver and meeting the…
Property Experts You Need on Your Team
Date Published: 27 July 2021
Surrounding yourself with property experts is not just a good idea; it’s absolutely necessary. And while it sounds expensive, you don’t need to be rolling in cash. In fact, in…
首次住房贷款 vs 首次住房补助
Date Published: 23 March 2021
之前，我们已经研究了First Home Grants和KiwiSaver之间的区别。另一个经常引起混淆的配对是“首次购房贷款”（以前称为“Welcome Home Loan”）和“首次购房补助”（以前称为“HomeStart Grant”）。它们都由新西兰住房协会（房屋局）经营，但实际上有很大的不同。
首次置业补助金 和 KiwiSaver 首套房资金提取
Date Published: 23 March 2021
首次购房者通常会被很多新概念所困扰。在本文中，我们会解释KiwiSaver首套房资金提取，还有“首次置业补助金 – First Home Grant”（以前称为HomeStart补助金）的基本知识。
KiwiSaver, First Home Grant and the First Home Loan – FAQs
Date Published: 14 April 2019
“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…
Transfer Your Aussie Super to KiwiSaver
Date Published: 12 October 2017
It’s estimated that there is ~$5 billion of Kiwi’s funds ‘lost’ in Aussie Super funds. This is usually because that NZer was working in Australia, contributing to a Super Fund…