Mortgage Rates Daily Commentary
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Heartland rates changes reflect major move
Heartland Bank has made some changes to its Online Home Loans offering.
Its Online Home Loans product "no longer aligns with our product strategy to deliver value in areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact for New Zealanders. We have therefore made the decision to exit the home loan market and are no longer accepting Online Home Loan applications from new customers."
From today, it is no longer offering 18-month, two or three year fixed rates.
It has also increased its one year fixed rate to 5.89%. These will not be available after June 30. However, it still offers a floating rate product.
NBNZ latest to address broker commissions
National Bank has become the latest major lender to warn mortgage brokers that it wants to cut their commission payments.
Monday, May 21st 2007, 5:19AM
by Maria Scott
Last month sister bank ANZ warned brokers that it wanted to cut commission from 1 June to 45 basis points from an average of about 0.6%. It also proposed an extension to its clawback period, for loans redeemed early, from 12 months to 18 months and to introduce fees for loans submitted and approved but not drawn down.
A large broker group told Good Returns that National Bank had now written to a number of firms giving notice that it wanted to cut commission. No figures were put on the proposal.
National Bank confirmed that it was in discussions but said no decisions had been reached.
A spokesman said: “We've appreciated the constructive feedback we have received and we're now focused on concluding the process with the individual brokers.”
ASB also expects to open discussions with brokers on commissions over the next two months.
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