tmmonline.nz  |   landlords.co.nz        About Good Returns  |  Advertise  |  Contact Us  |  Terms & Conditions  |  RSS Feeds

NZ's Financial Adviser News Centre

GR Logo
Last Article Uploaded: Friday, November 1st, 10:39AM

Mortgages

Mortgage Rates Daily Commentary
Friday 1 November 2024  Add your comment
Rise in households struggling with mortgage repayments; RBNZ: house prices still near top of sustainable levels

Mortgage arrears continue to rise but are still low by historical levels. [READ ON]

The Reserve Bank says house prices remain near the top of its estimate of sustainable levels and remain “a stretch” for many would-be buyers. [See here]

rss
Latest Headlines

Good home loan growth for Kiwibank

Kiwibank boosted its home loans book by $291 million to $793 million in the six months ended December as it edged closer to posting a profit.

Monday, March 15th 2004, 7:04AM
Its net loss for the half year narrowed to $1.5 million from $6.5 million in the previous first half.

Chief executive Sam Knowles says the bank continues to meet or beat all its financial and performance targets and that it is on tract to produce a profit in 2004/05 - it lost just over $8 million in the year ended June 30 last year.

The bank is already operating cash-flow positive by $463,000 in the latest six months compared with negataive $5.57 million in the previous first half.

Given the improving trends in the latest two half years, Knowles concedes the bank may even reach break-even point at the end of the current financial year.

"We might. If we weren't starting to invest in growth, we undoubtedly would, but we're currently looking at small business and accelerating growth," he says.

"It's extremely creditable for a greenfields bank to get to break-even in two years." Internationally, greenfields banks usually take about seven or eight years to become profitable, he says.

Other key statistics include a $232 million increase in retail deposits to $697 million, outlet numbers at 290 and customers exceeding 200,000.

Knowles says the result is very encouraging. "There has been sustained growth in our home loan book with good quality mortgages. We have been able to maintain our competitive advantage on rates, particularly in the variable loan market."

The accounts also show that of $959,000 in impaired assets at June 30, $707,000 was recovered in the latest six months and $252,000 was written off. A further $332,000 in past due assets was added in the half year while interest foregone on past due assets was $10,000.

Knowles says these relate to only two loans, the only two which have gone past 30 days due, one which involved fraud.

While Kiwibank's systems are now nearly at the point where it could start dealing with mortgage brokers, it has a couple of issues still to be resolved first.

Given Kiwibank's pricing in relation to the major home lenders, "there's the challenge of us making any money. We would have to find brokers that were prepared to work for lower commissions than they currently do."

The other issue is a need to be satisfied with brokers' integrety and the extent to which their business is volume driven, Knowles says. "We've never said no to mortgage brokers. I'm open to it longer term."

« RBNZ should stop surprising the market: economistTwo-year home loan rates a bargain »

Special Offers

Commenting is closed

 

print

Printable version  

print

Email to a friend
Mortgage Rates Table

Full Rates Table | Compare Rates

Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
AIA - Back My Build 5.44 - - -
AIA - Go Home Loans 7.99 5.99 5.69 5.69
ANZ 7.89 6.59 6.29 6.29
ANZ Blueprint to Build 7.39 - - -
ANZ Good Energy - - - 1.00
ANZ Special - 5.99 5.69 5.69
ASB Bank 7.89 5.99 5.69 5.69
ASB Better Homes Top Up - - - 1.00
Avanti Finance 8.40 - - -
Basecorp Finance 9.60 - - -
BNZ - Classic - 5.99 5.69 5.69
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
BNZ - Mortgage One 7.94 - - -
BNZ - Rapid Repay 7.94 - - -
BNZ - Std 7.94 5.99 5.69 5.69
BNZ - TotalMoney 7.94 - - -
CFML 321 Loans 6.20 - - -
CFML Home Loans 6.45 - - -
CFML Prime Loans 8.25 - - -
CFML Standard Loans 9.20 - - -
China Construction Bank - 7.09 6.75 6.49
China Construction Bank Special - - - -
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special - 5.79 - -
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 7.65 5.99 5.75 5.69
Co-operative Bank - Standard 7.65 6.49 6.25 6.19
Credit Union Auckland 7.70 - - -
First Credit Union Special - 6.40 6.10 -
First Credit Union Standard 8.50 7.00 6.70 -
Heartland Bank - Online 7.49 ▼5.65 ▼5.55 ▼5.55
Heartland Bank - Reverse Mortgage - - - -
Heretaunga Building Society 8.90 7.00 6.50 -
ICBC 7.49 5.99 5.65 5.59
Kainga Ora 8.39 7.05 6.59 6.49
Kainga Ora - First Home Buyer Special - - - -
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Kiwibank 7.75 6.89 6.59 6.49
Kiwibank - Offset 8.25 - - -
Kiwibank Special 7.75 5.99 5.69 5.69
Liberty 8.59 8.69 8.79 8.94
Nelson Building Society 8.44 ▼6.39 ▼6.09 -
Pepper Money Advantage 10.49 - - -
Pepper Money Easy 8.69 - - -
Pepper Money Essential 8.29 - - -
SBS Bank 7.99 6.95 6.29 6.29
SBS Bank Special - ▼6.15 5.69 5.69
SBS Construction lending for FHB - - - -
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
SBS FirstHome Combo 5.44 ▼5.15 - -
SBS FirstHome Combo - - - -
SBS Unwind reverse equity 9.75 - - -
TSB Bank 8.69 6.79 6.49 6.49
TSB Special 7.89 5.99 5.69 5.69
Unity ▼7.64 5.99 5.69 -
Unity First Home Buyer special - 5.49 - -
Wairarapa Building Society 8.50 ▼6.19 ▼5.79 -
Westpac 8.39 6.89 6.39 6.39
Westpac Choices Everyday 8.49 - - -
Westpac Offset 8.39 - - -
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Westpac Special - 6.29 5.79 5.79
Median 7.99 6.17 5.79 5.69

Last updated: 30 October 2024 9:36am

Previous News

MORE NEWS»

News Bites
Compare Mortgage Rates
Compare
From
To
For

To graph multiple lenders, hold down Ctrl key while clicking in list box

Also compare rates to OCR
Find a Mortgage Broker

Add your company

Use map
About Us  |  Advertise  |  Contact Us  |  Terms & Conditions  |  Privacy Policy  |  RSS Feeds  |  Letters  |  Archive  |  Toolbox  |  Disclaimer
 
Site by Web Developer and eyelovedesign.com