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 providers charge the seller a …
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 that they cannot make that …
If you are a first home buyer or even thinking about buying a home in the future then you will want to know what the best help for first home buyers would be. Of course, most people would say winning Lotto or just more money to go towards the house. But when you consider the …
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 buyer and your mother or …
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 at the same time too. …
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 will share some ideas that …
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We often look at the prices that houses are selling for and question if New Zealand houses too expensive. Most of us probably think they are, but what is too expensive? Let’s Get Some Detail What we decided to do was to look at how New Zealand house prices compare to the average prices around …
This is bad news for first home buyers! In a time when it is hard enough to save a deposit to buy your first home, the Reserve Bank is wanting to see bigger deposits as a way to protect the property market from a drop in house prices. The Reserve Bank plans to tighten LVR …
Let’s accept that buying your own home isn’t going to necessarily be easy, but it’s something that most Kiwi’s aspire to. There are a lot of benefits when you own your own home, and one of the best things is the feeling of control and knowing that you are not going to be asked to …
It’s not easy buying your first home with a small deposit and in many cases it can seem that home ownership is an impossible dream. You can speak with most banks and they just say “NO” that you need a bigger deposit, or some banks and mortgage advisers might suggest the First Home Loans scheme …