Mike Pero Mortgages value revealed

An independent valuation of the Mike Pero Mortgages business puts its worth at a fraction of what it was when NZF acquired the business in 2006.

Monday, November 26th 2012, 6:55AM 2 Comments

An independent valuation of the Mike Pero Mortgages business reckons a 50% stake in the firm is worth $2.76 million.

The review, completed by Simmons Corporate Finance, was done after NZF agreed to sell its half share in the business, plus a half share in Mike Pero Real Estate, to its joint venture partner Liberty Financial.

In a statement to the NZX on Friday, NZF says its board is yet to review Simmons Corporate Finance's valuation and the proposed sale is subject to shareholder approval.

A notice of meeting will be lodged shortly.

NZF and Liberty gained control of the Mike Pero Mortgages business in 2006 following a successful takeover bid of the company that was at that time listed on the NZX.

At that times its offer valued the company at $20.63 million.

Melbourne-based Liberty is a big player in the Australian lending markets and has been active in New Zealand, particularly in second-tier lending. However in the past year it has entered the prime home loan space and offers a very competitive floating rate of 5.64% (see how it compares here )

Liberty also bought non-bank deposit taker Business Finance and has become active in the deposit taking space.
 

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Comments from our readers

On 28 November 2012 at 2:23 pm Mike Grant said:
Well one has to ponder what value Mike Pero is actually in the Real Estate business.

Based on a foundation of very low equity if any and a business plan loosely based on a Franchise system? Is there any actual value in the Brand. After all it is only a name and unless another Unknown Aussie investor shines to it there is little if any potential gain offering in the current Business model.

On 4 December 2012 at 3:49 pm Dennis Spice said:
Very few real estate companies advertise on television. The last one that did was The Joneses and we all know how that finished. So good luck Mike Pero.

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