Kiwibank lowers fixed mortgage rates (TVNZ)
Kiwibank has lowered its two year fixed mortgage rate to 9.29%, on the back of the Reserve Bank’s sentiments on the Official Cash Rate.
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Racial Data for Mortgages Will Be Hard to Interpret Are black and Latino home mortgage applicants charged higher fees or interest rates than white applicants? Are they turned down for market-rate mortgages more frequently and steered
Newcastle Building Society expands mortgage range (Banking Business Review) Newcastle Building Society has introduced an additional product to its mortgage range with the launch of a new five-year fixed-rate mortgage with a competitive rate of 5.05% until January 31,
Banks run Bollard's red light Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard is warning that interest rates could rise, but some banks have broken ranks and are cutting fixed-term mortgage rates.via
FOR SOME, DEDUCTING MORTGAGE INTEREST MAY BE OVER- VALUED: Homeowners' tax break could end (The Charlotte Observer) President Bush's tax-overhaul commission is considering an idea to eliminate the vile alternative minimum tax by, among other things, trimming the break homeowners get on mortgage interest.read more...
Sailors Help Give Future Homeowners a 'Hand Up' Nearly 60 sailors worked to help take future homeowners' dreams one step closer to reality here yesterday.read more...
Controversy stirs over easement Steve Gibbs is building a house on the five acres he bought more than 20 years ago on Mount Jumbo.Commentread more...