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Banxrobber aims to capture mortgage refinancing

Mortgagenet principal Kieran Trass has branched out into the mortgage refinancing segment of the market with the attention-grabbing brand name Banxrobber.

Thursday, August 2nd 2001, 3:44PM

by Jenny Ruth

While the Reserve Bank will only let properly certified organisations use the word "bank" in their names, it has approved his use of Banxrobber.
Trass' new business is based on a website of the same name which uses a 1930 's bank robbing and safe cracking theme, a theme which will be repeated in marketing.

Initially that will be on Auckland taxis and radio station Classic Hits from this weekend and in cinemas from November. "I could've called it ABC Mortgages and no one would care. We think Banxrobber's got the potential to become a household name," Trass says.

"To make ourselves loud, we had to go for a name that was powerful, that captures what we do and makes people curious," he says.

Trass reckons the mortgage refinancing market has been neglected. It isn't small. He estimates about 65,000 mortgages or about 15% of New Zealand's total mortgage book are refinanced every years.

How Banxrobber works is that potential clients screen themselves using a calculator on the website to find out whether the eight mortgage brokers so far signed up to provide the service can save them money by refinancing their loans. The eight brokers are based in Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and several in Auckland.

Trass says he may expand the service's reach but wants to stick to major population centres, at least for now. It aims to help in two ways: by providing a cheaper interest rate but the borrower continues to pay the mortgage off as if the rate was higher.

Trass says that currently, while 7.7% is the standard floating mortgage rate offered in the market at present, Banxrobber can offer 7.3%. By maintaining repayments as if the rate was 7.7%, borrowers can save $30,000 over a 20 year mortgage, he says.

Banxrobber can access 20 different bank and non-bank lenders as well as lending directly through an Australia-based wholesale lender. Trass says he' s contractually bound not to name the wholesaler but can say it has more than $A5 billion in assets under management and has a "AAA" Standard & Poor's credit rating.

All mortgages will be processed through the processing business, Mortgage Processing Ltd, which Trass started earlier this year to take care of the
administrative side of establishing mortgages such as credit and information checks, valuations and liaison with the mortgage lender.

The Banxrobber service is free to potential customers with the only requirement being that they provide their email addresses to add to Trass'
database. He stresses that he doesn't sell his email list to third parties but uses it for sending out his newsletters. Mortgagenet currently has 3,200 newsletter subscribers, he says.

Trass is the first to admit that Banxrobber can't help everyone. But if it can't help you, it may still entertain. One part of the site is devoted to
"bizarre robber stories."

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Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
AIA - Back My Build 6.19 - - -
AIA - Go Home Loans 8.74 7.24 6.79 6.65
ANZ 8.64 7.84 7.39 7.25
ANZ Blueprint to Build 7.39 - - -
ANZ Good Energy - - - 1.00
ANZ Special - 7.24 6.79 6.65
ASB Bank 8.64 7.24 6.79 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 6.69 6.45 6.19
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 7.45 7.25
SBS Bank Special - 7.24 6.85 6.65
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 8.04 7.55 7.45
Lender Flt 1yr 2yr 3yr
TSB Special 8.64 7.24 6.75 6.65
Unity 8.64 6.99 6.79 -
Unity First Home Buyer special - - 6.45 -
Wairarapa Building Society 8.60 6.95 6.85 -
Westpac 8.64 7.89 7.49 7.25
Westpac Choices Everyday 8.74 - - -
Westpac Offset 8.64 - - -
Westpac Special - 7.29 6.89 6.65
Median 8.64 7.29 7.32 6.65

Last updated: 28 March 2024 9:42am

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