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January 18, 2022

It’s Often Cheaper To Buy Your Own Home Than to rent

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While many Kiwi’s still think it’s out of reach to buy your own home, it is often cheaper than renting. Banks have tightened credit criteria significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, but first home buyers still have a good chance of getting on to the property ladder particularly as buying

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January 12, 2022

How Important Is Getting The Lowest Home Loan Rates?

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You’ve found a home, but have you decided on what home loan suits? Often people compare the various banks saying the best loan is the one with the lowest home loan rates. In many ways that is due to the way the banks have promoted home loans. They tend to

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January 5, 2022

Who Needs Help To Buy Your First Home?

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It no secret that it is hard to buy your first home, but it’s “almost a secret” about the help to buy available too. Successive Governments have said they want to “fix” the housing problems that we have in New Zealand, but really they are tinkering with the issue and

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January 2, 2022

Co-Ownership Helps You Get Into Your First Home

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Have you heard of co-ownership with property? It’s a way to get into your first home when you do not have a large deposit. Traditionally you may have entered into a co-ownership agreement with a family member (typically a parent) where the other party may have the equity to enable

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