Article tagged with 'KiwiBuild'
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Could KiwiBuild home loans be at risk?
03 Nov 2020 - Banks could pull the plug on borrowers with pre-approvals for KiwiBuild homes, leaving them vulnerable to financial ruin, an adviser has warned.
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COMMENT: Sign of changing times
17 Oct 2019 - Fletcher Building opened a flash, new, high tech, prefabricated house building factory yesterday. Great things are expected of it, but Miriam Bell ponders what it means for your average investor.
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NZ banks face headwinds
10 Sep 2019 - The likelihood that New Zealand will face a severe house price correction has reduced and so too have the risks to lenders; however they face profitability headwinds.
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Low deposits won’t lead to mortgage free for all
05 Sep 2019 - 5% deposits for first home buyers – it’s one of the centrepieces of the KiwiBuild “reset” – but advisers are asking whether it will actually make the sort of difference hoped for.
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Rent-to-buy scheme key to KiwiBuild II
04 Sep 2019 - It’s still KiwiBuild but not as we know it after the Government announced that it was scrapping the 100,000 homes target and introducing new home ownership initiatives.
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Govt makes KiwiBuild loans easier, drops 100,000 homes target
04 Sep 2019 - The government is dropping its target to build 100,000 affordable homes over a decade but will keep the name of its troubled flagship policy - KiwiBuild - while making it easier for people to finance their way into home ownership through the scheme.
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Housing market risks for NZ - OECD
25 Jun 2019 - The steep rise in New Zealand’s house prices is a major risk to the country’s economic success, a new report from the OECD warns.