NZ Adviser
First-home buyers drive mortgage growth as bank lending stays steady – NZBA
15/10/2025
The NZBA report found 40% of home loan customers are making more than their minimum repayments, while only 1.5% are behind on payments.
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Good Returns
First home buyers take advantage of soft housing market
14/10/2025
A quarter of all new home loans went to first home buyers in the first half of this year, data from the New Zealand Banking Association’s retail insights show.
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Stuff
How New Zealand is failing the terminally ill
14/10/2025
“Many of our banks now have dedicated teams who can help customers experiencing this kind of difficulty. We can always do better, and the reviews will help us focus on how we can do that.”
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Business Desk
RBNZ plan to cut AT1 capital layer wins cautious lender support
14/10/2025
The NZ Banking Association agreed with removal of AT1 for its 17 member banks, being those defined as Groups 1 and 2 by RBNZ and each having total assets of, respectively, $100b-plus and $2b-$100b.
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Newstalk ZB
‘Really good move’: Banking Association CEO on the RBNZ lending changes set to impact buyers
14/10/2025
Banking Association CEO Roger Beaumont says this is really good – and will give first-home buyers more flexibility. “They’re taking advantage of what I’d call the ‘sweet spot’ of softer house prices, combined with declining interest rates.”
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Business Desk
Growth in new home loans eases in H1 2025: NZ Banking Association
13/10/2025
The NZBA data also showed that 40% of home-loan customers were paying more than their minimum repayments, while 1.5% were behind.
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NZ Herald
Mortgage rate cuts easing financial pressure on Kiwi home owners, more ahead on loans
13/10/2025
“The decline in retail interest rates is definitely helping reduce financial pressure for many people with home loans,” he said. “That’s especially true for borrowers on floating rates, and will assist those on fixed rates as those loans come up for renewal.”
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Interest.co.nz
NZ Banking Association says 15,000 first home buyers took out mortgages in first half of year with an average loan size of $507,690
13/10/2025
“Despite the challenging economic conditions, we’re seeing most customers continuing to manage their money well,” NZBA Chief Executive Roger Beaumont said.
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Stuff
First homes buyers make the most of quiet market
13/10/2025
The New Zealand Banking Association has released its latest retail banking insights, and they show that of the 60,249 new home loans opened from January to June this year, 25% were for first home buyers.
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NZ Herald
Armourguard challenges banks’ bid for collective cash‑in‑transit talks
08/10/2025
“If we continue as we are now, the likely result will be reduced reliability, slower response times, and a general decline in the overall quality of cash-in-transit services – posing a real risk to the future viability and reliability of this service. That’s why we’ve approached the Commerce Commission.
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