Mortgage watch: Banks still not budging
While the four major banks have been taking much of the stick, the government's own Kiwibank has also been dragging its heels.
Kiwibank hasn't changed its floating rate since mid-February although the central bank has cut the OCR twice since then from 3.5% to 2.5%. However, at 5.99%, Kiwibank's rate is still the second lowest in the market behind only PSIS with its 5.75% rate.
The four major banks' rates remain between 6.4% and 6.49%.
The biggest mortgage rate changes in the last week were in the six-months fixed space with Kiwibank cutting its rate 34 basis points to 5.45% and AMP cutting its rate by 29 basis points to 5.5%. Kiwibank's six-month rate isn't the cheapest in the market, that honour going to Westpac with its 5.39% rate.
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