Spring is still springing for the ANZ, which is launching a new home loan product this week.

Home borrowers are being offered significant discounts on a wide range of banking services if they take a mortgage out with WestpacTrust.

Good Returns' writer Ann Cunninghame checks out the online brokers offering discounted entry into managed funds.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that the real estate industry doesn't want competition, if the latest war of words is anything to go by.

Cairns Lockie has added internet banking to its services, saying it's the first non-bank mortgage lender to do so.

House sales have picked up slightly from their record lows, but the national median sales price has stuck at the same level for the past three months.

Rate reductions in recent days have added to a series of falls over the past month for both fixed and floating rate mortgages.

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Daffodils are springing up all over and so are the special mortgage offers, as lenders try to generate some new season fever.

E-Loan New Zealand has added WAP access to its Internet home loan service along with the ability to text-chat live with consultants while online.

National company REAL, launched eight weeks ago, says it's ceased to be a joke to the real estate industry.

ANZ and WestpacTrust's moves to trim floating rates today are just the latest in a flurry of mortgage rate cuts since the OCR review a fortnight ago.

Home buying confidence may be subdued, but it's still hanging in there above most other measures of general business and consumer confidence.

One of New Zealand's largest insurance companies, HIH Casualty & General Insurance (NZ) Ltd, has resigned from the Insurance Council of New Zealand.

Online mortgage broker E-Loan New Zealand is set to add more lenders to the 18 already hooked in to its web-site, providing further choice for borrowers shopping for a loan.

The Minister of Consumer Affairs says a number of banking consumers are concerned about what they see as excessive fees and charges as well as the lack of helpful information, and they also feel unfairly penalised by banks.