Nadine Higgins is the host of NZME's personal finance podcast The Prosperity Project. She was formerly a financial journalist and broadcaster. The property market winds are blowing strongly in ...

A growing number of borrowers are being approved for home loans with deposits significantly smaller than 20 percent of the purchase price - and mortgage advisers say there are a few things applicants ...

Would-be homeowners are being offered a new route on to the property ladder with banks and building societies launching a wave of mortgages requiring little - or even no - deposit. The latest move ...

In addition to competitive lending by the country’s major banks in the form of attractive discounts to the prime lending rate in a still relatively low interest rate environment, the latest data from ...

14:14, Fri, Jul 17, 2026 Updated: 14:15, Fri, Jul 17, 2026 Would-be homeowners are being offered a new route on to the property ladder with banks and building societies launching a wave of mortgages ...

In addition to competitive lending by the country’s major banks in the form of attractive discounts to the prime lending rate in a still relatively low-interest rate environment, the latest data from ...

National is promising to help more people buy their first home by expanding access to the government's low-deposit scheme, if it's re-elected. The existing First Home Loan scheme run by Kāinga Ora ...

National is promising to help more people buy their first home by expanding access to the government's low-deposit scheme, if it's re-elected. The existing First Home Loan scheme run by Kāinga Ora ...