Articles tagged with 'FAMNZ'
Ongoing education as part of mandatory professional membership a priority - FAMNZ
26 August 2025 - A new country manager for the Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of New Zealand (FAMNZ) is expected to be appointed in the next fortnight.
Borrowers need relief
19 August 2025 - Home loan affordability need another boost with an OCR cut tomorrow, FAMNZ says.
Gloomy home ownership results
13 August 2025 - New research shows 72% of Kiwis without a home believe buying a property is beyond their reach.
FAMNZ boss steps down
30 July 2025 - The head of Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of New Zealand has resigned.
Significant number of borrowers still hanging out for OCR cuts
10 July 2025 - Even though the OCR didn’t budge yesterday, a sizeable chunk of mortgage holders are expected to keep fixing at floating rates in the hope there will be further cuts.
Service agreements could help banks’ processing timeframes
1 July 2025 - As turnaround times at the major banks show little sign of improvement, FAMNZ wants clear service level agreements introduced.
Professional mortgage advice central as wave of fintechs expected
17 June 2025 - Fintechs offering cheap mortgages without advice to borrowers won’t make mortgage advisers redundant.
Solution could be in the wings
1 April 2025 - After a “constructive meeting” with new Commerce and Consumers Affairs Minister Scott Simpson, FAMNZ country manager Leigh Hodgetts says he seems to understand the Commerce Commission’s insistence on mortgage advisers presenting three completed offers to borrowers will create chaos.
ComCom's 3 applications per loan demand is 'crazy': FAMNZ
13 February 2025 - The Commerce Commission is sticking to its recommendation that mortgage advisers should have to submit three “actual offers” to every mortgage applicant, the Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of New Zealand (FAMNZ) says.
NZers generally don't know about mortgage advice: New reseach
3 October 2024 - Mortgage advisers are largely unknown to the public according to a new piece of research.
Portals for home loan applications? Be careful what you wish for
19 June 2024 - A mortgage adviser who has worked in both Australia and New Zealand isn't a fan of the Australian system which accept mortgage applications through an old portal and says much depends on the portal.
FAMNZ to ComCom: don't fix what ain't broke
18 June 2024 - The Commerce Commission shouldn't be “trying to fix something that is not broken,” according to the Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of New Zealand (FAMNZ).
New mortgage adviser association now officially open for membership
17 April 2024 - The Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of NZ opens its door to advisers and spells out its proposition.
Potential FAMNZ members in waiting game
27 March 2024 - Despite the Finance & Mortgage Advisers Association NZ (FAMNZ) setting up in Auckland in early February, it won’t be taking membership applications until next month.
FAMNZ v FANZ; New association appoints old hand
6 February 2024 - Australian mortgage adviser association sets up shop in New Zealand with a name very similar to FANZ and its new country head is an ex-FANZ staffer.
