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Wizard on the move

One of Australia\'s leading non-bank lenders is revving up its engines here, offering borrowers a fee-free home loan and planning to debut other low-cost products shortly.

Thursday, November 9th 2000, 3:34PM

by Paul McBeth

One of Australia's leading non-bank lenders is revving up its engines here, offering borrowers a fee-free home loan and planning to debut other low-cost products shortly.

Wizard Financial Services opened for business in New Zealand less than three months ago. However, it already has three Auckland branches up and running, is poised to open another on the North Shore and also has plans for Wellington and Christchurch branches.

Currently Australia's second largest non-bank financial services company with a five per cent share of the home mortgage market, Wizard is equally ambitious for New Zealand.

Executive Chairman Mark Bouris said that, in spite of the perception that New Zealand's market was competitive, the company had relished the opportunity to come here because of the healthy bank margins and lack of real alternatives.

"They told us the market was over-serviced, but actually there's not a lot of choice," Bouris said.

"I've never seen anyone 'over-serviced' by a machine-answered call centre."

Bouris said it was rubbish that people didn't need branches and that Wizard opened in areas where banks closed.

"All our research shows that people want to meet and know the people that are lending them money or providing them with cash management services. We've got a world-leading online operation, but it only works because we're also opening branches and looking people in the eye."

The company's Internet access channel Ewizard was launched last April and, after 12 months, the number of loan applications received online grew from zero to 20 per cent of all new loans written. Wizard said that 90 per cent of people who applied online had a prerequisite to see a real person at some point during the application process, which was why it believed it was important to have the "mortar" to fulfil the "clicks".

 

Paul is a staff writer for Good Returns based in Wellington.

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Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
AIA - Back My Build 6.19 - - -
AIA - Go Home Loans 8.74 ▼7.14 6.75 6.65
ANZ 8.64 ▼7.74 7.39 7.25
ANZ Blueprint to Build 7.39 - - -
ANZ Good Energy - - - 1.00
ANZ Special - ▼7.14 6.79 6.65
ASB Bank 8.64 ▼7.14 6.75 6.65
ASB Better Homes Top Up - - - 1.00
Avanti Finance 9.15 - - -
Basecorp Finance 9.60 - - -
Bluestone 9.24 - - -
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
BNZ - Classic - 7.24 6.79 6.65
BNZ - Green Home Loan top-ups - - - 1.00
BNZ - Mortgage One 8.69 - - -
BNZ - Rapid Repay 8.69 - - -
BNZ - Std, FlyBuys 8.69 7.84 7.39 7.25
BNZ - TotalMoney 8.69 - - -
CFML Loans 9.45 - - -
China Construction Bank - 7.09 6.75 6.49
China Construction Bank Special - - - -
Co-operative Bank - First Home Special - 7.04 - -
Co-operative Bank - Owner Occ 8.40 7.24 6.79 6.65
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Co-operative Bank - Standard 8.40 7.74 7.29 7.15
Credit Union Auckland 7.70 - - -
First Credit Union Special - 7.45 7.35 -
First Credit Union Standard 8.50 7.99 7.85 -
Heartland Bank - Online 7.99 6.89 6.55 6.35
Heartland Bank - Reverse Mortgage - - - -
Heretaunga Building Society 8.90 7.60 7.40 -
HSBC Premier 8.59 - - -
HSBC Premier LVR > 80% - - - -
HSBC Special - - - -
ICBC 7.85 7.05 6.75 6.59
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Kainga Ora 8.64 7.79 7.39 7.25
Kainga Ora - First Home Buyer Special - - - -
Kiwibank 8.50 8.25 7.79 7.55
Kiwibank - Offset 8.50 - - -
Kiwibank Special - 7.25 6.79 6.65
Liberty 8.59 8.69 8.79 8.94
Nelson Building Society 9.00 7.75 7.35 -
Pepper Money Advantage 10.49 - - -
Pepper Money Easy 8.69 - - -
Pepper Money Essential 8.29 - - -
Resimac - LVR < 80% 8.84 8.09 7.59 7.29
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
Resimac - LVR < 90% 9.84 9.09 8.59 8.29
Resimac - Specialist Clear (Alt Doc) - - 8.99 -
Resimac - Specialist Clear (Full Doc) - - 9.49 -
SBS Bank 8.74 7.84 7.29 6.59
SBS Bank Special - 7.24 6.69 5.99
SBS Construction lending for FHB - - - -
SBS FirstHome Combo 6.19 6.74 - -
SBS FirstHome Combo - - - -
SBS Unwind reverse equity 9.95 - - -
Select Home Loans 9.24 - - -
TSB Bank 9.44 7.79 7.55 7.45
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
TSB Special 8.64 6.99 6.75 6.65
Unity 8.64 6.99 6.79 -
Unity First Home Buyer special - 6.55 6.45 -
Wairarapa Building Society 8.60 6.95 6.85 -
Westpac 8.64 7.89 7.35 7.25
Westpac Choices Everyday 8.74 - - -
Westpac Offset 8.64 - - -
Westpac Special - 7.29 6.75 6.65
Median 8.64 7.27 7.29 6.65

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