A second tier lender has launched a new first mortgage fund to provide loans to property developers.

A Wellington tenant’s financial difficulties during the Covid-19 lockdowns has led to the Tenancy Tribunal considering legal issues around early lease terminations.

Alvarium has taken full control over ethical investment manager Pathfinder.

Second tier lender Pearlfisher Capital has launched a new first mortgage fund for lending to property developers.

A Wellington state house tenant who tried to hang on to her rented home for a year, while out of the country, with no fixed return date, has been forced to give up the lease.

A roster of new names has jumped on board at Loan Market across the north and south islands.

Chuck Slogrove, founder of CRM provider Trail and new aggregator the Kiwi Adviser Network, says he created the new group due to a “lack of leadership” from the industry on key issues.

Newly-released data from the Reserve Bank shows that mortgage lending surpassed $6 billion in January, the highest ever total for that month.

Former Navy recruit Brad MacDonald moved back to the Hawkes Bay to begin a career as a financial adviser.

Managing director of partnerships at Tower Insurance Jonathan Beale says the new regulations provide opportunities for collaboration while the new regime beds in over the next 12 to 18 months.

In a surprise move FMA chief executive Rob Everett has resigned one day after the new financial adviser regulations kicked in.

Chuck Slogrove, founder of CRM provider Trail and new aggregator The Kiwi Adviser Network (KAN), talked to TMM Online about starting a new group.

Kiwibank economists believe that house price inflation will rise by 25% in the year to June, before easing to 14.5% in the year to December 2021.

Residential tenants are being asked to spill the beans on what information landlords are requiring before renting them a property.