State-backed Kiwibank has followed the Australian-owned big four with lockdown rate hikes.

Craigs Investment Partners has made another change to its senior management team.

Mortgage advisers will benefit from CCCFA lending changes as borrowers seek help with complex home loan applications, according to Squirrel's John Bolton.

Borrowers are less likely to pick one-year fixed mortgages ahead of expected rate increases, with three-year deals becoming more popular, according to a new survey. 

Auckland-based boutique financial advice providers Stuart Carlyon have joined NZX Wealth Technologies to help manage their growing client base.

Westpac and BNZ are the latest big banks to make significant mortgage rate increases, hiking prices by up to 30 basis points.

Nationally rents remained at an all-time weekly high of $550 in August despite the country entering a nationwide lockdown.

The office is no longer a place to be anchored at a desk whilst trying to block out the background buzz to meet deadlines.

Clients making mortgage deferral requests during lockdown have been told their hardship status will affect their credit rating, according to an Auckland-based adviser.

Southern Cross Health Society Group has posted a surplus of more than $50 million while also growing its membership numbers by more than 8500 and paying out more than $1 billion dollars in claims.