What’s The Difference Between A Mortgage Broker Versus A Bank When it comes to obtaining a mortgage, you have two main options – working with a mortgage broker or a major bank. Although both options have their advantages, opting for a mortgage broker could provide a range of benefits that make it the better choice for many borrowers, whether you are purchasing your own home…
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What Is Dollar Cost Averaging
What Is Dollar Cost Averaging Dollar Cost Averaging is a simple investment approach that turns short-term volatility to the regular investor’s advantage. In effect, it shows that the reason many investors are reluctant to enter or remain in, a falling or volatile market is the very reason they should consider doing so. If you are making regular contributions into KiwiSaver for example, or a Managed…
Highest First-Quarter Fall in 15 Years For Auckland Property Market.
Highest First-Quarter Fall in 15 Years For Auckland Property Market. Well, the media talk in late March and early April has all been about how Auckland property market house prices are continuing to ‘plunge’, and in fact March did see the highest first-quarter fall in more than 15 years: Auckland (-5.2%), Hamilton (-5.2%), and Wellington (-4.8%) led the decline. What the media is telling us…
Thinking Of Selling Your Home Privately?
Thinking Of Selling Your Home Privately? So you are putting your home up for sale and thinking of selling your home privately. Often people who are looking at selling their home think that selling privately will save them money – this is a misconception. Buyers, and particularly investors, who see a private sale are thinking that this is a great opportunity to strike up a…
Top Four Reasons To Have Insurance If You Are Self-Employed
Top Four Reasons To Have Insurance If You Are Self-Employed As a self-employed individual, it can be easy to overlook the importance of personal insurance. After all, you’re your own boss and have the freedom to make your own decisions. But the reality is that personal insurance is crucial for protecting both you and your business in the event of unexpected circumstances. In New Zealand,…
Plan For Future Financial Success
Plan For Future Financial Success They say: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. It can be tough to put future-you’s needs ahead of what you want in the present. A feast at Burger Burger, some flash new clothes or a big night out all seem like a far better way to spend your money right now. Future Financial Success-you will be fine…
Looking To Refix Mortgage? Don’t Take The Easy Option
Looking To Refix Mortgage? Don’t Take The Easy Option Refix Mortgage – don’t take the easy option! Much of what we do every week at the Mortgage Supply Co, is help our clients make informed decisions about what to do about their loan that has an interest rate expiry looming. So what does that involve? We get updated information about their current financial situation We…
What Do People Mean When They Talk About “The Property Market”?
What Do People Mean When They Talk About “The Property Market”? The weather in February really hit the property market with historically low sales for the month, in fact the lowest number of sales in a February in over 25 years, and 38% down on last February! Of course the media has had a field day with these statistics, which brings me to: What do…
How Euthanasia, Vaping and Your BMI Play a Role in Health Insurance
How Euthanasia, Vaping and Your BMI Play a Role in Health Insurance The 3 Questions I Have Are: Euthanasia and how it affects your Life insurance? I was a smoker, but now I vape, am I considered a Smoker or Non-Smoker? Who is the insurance company that doesn’t ask for Height or Weight? Euthanasia In New Zealand, we have this now. As Kiwis, if we…
Investing In KiwiSaver The Right Way
Investing In KiwiSaver The Right Way In this article, I want to share the wisdom around why to invest into KiwiSaver, how much you should invest, and what you should be looking out for in a provider in order to make the right decision as to who you will invest with. KiwiSaver is a voluntary, workplace-based savings scheme in New Zealand that was introduced in…