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March 28, 2022

Understanding What’s happening With Interest Rates & Inflation

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It’s been a long time since we’ve had to be concerns about inflation. In the past it’s been caused by people spending too much, which typically means the economy is booming. Normally that means wages have increased and keep pace with the price increases so people are not normally too

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March 24, 2022

Avoid The Buy Now Pay Later Debt Trap

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Buy now pay later providers offer the ability to buy products or services now while paying for it with intertest free instalments over a period of usually four to six weeks. While they don’t charge interest to the buyer, they can have hefty penalty fees if a payment is missed. The

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March 20, 2022

What’s The One Change You Will Make In 2022

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As mortgage advisers we talk to first home buyers all the time about making a smarter start and with this we see the struggles that many people have too. Sometimes people are so close to being able to buy their first home, and it may be something small that means

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March 12, 2022

why people say use a mortgage adviser

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It’s sometimes funny why people say use a mortgage adviser! So often in New Zealand people say “just go and see your own bank” and that makes you question where a mortgage adviser fits. Where or why does a mortgage broker add any value? If you are a first home

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March 5, 2022

How Hard Is It Buying Your First Home

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Anyone In New Zealand that is looking at buying your first home will have noticed that it’s become a lot harder. It’s always been hard enough to buy your first home, but the buyers in the market now have been hit in a number of ways and they’ve hit all

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March 2, 2022

Five Tips To Improve Chances For First Home Buyers

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Buying your first home is not always that easy, so as a mortgage adviser I am sharing five tips to improve chances for first home buyers and enable them to buy a better home sooner. Let’s look first at the major challenges that first home buyers have, and then we

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