by Elise Vine | Jun 1, 2022 | Newsletters
Hi! And with a blink of an eye we are in Winter, with the shortest day approaching quickly. May we had the budget and the Reserve Bank both make announcements. In the Budget there were three announcements made that could be useful to know about: First...
by Elise Vine | May 25, 2022 | Blog
First Home Grant and First Home Loans are tools made available by the Government to help people get into their first homes. Until the budget earlier this month First Home Grants and First Home Loans were linked. They are actually 2 different things, and do not...
by Elise Vine | May 18, 2022 | Blog
Let’s talk about Family Loans and Gifting money as a way of putting together a deposit to buy a house. In many cultures the sharing of a home between generations is common. While that is not so common here in Aotearoa New Zealand, parents helping their...
by Elise Vine | May 4, 2022 | Blog
The share market is going down, so the value of your KiwiSaver has dropped. Let’s talk about how KiwiSaver funds work, and what a falling share market means for your KiwiSaver balance. The value of your KiwiSaver fund is determined by the type of fund...
by Elise Vine | May 1, 2022 | Newsletters
With so many public holidays April seemed to go by very quickly! Great if you needed a break and were able to take advantage of taking leave for the interim days and combined the two short weeks. Elise took time to head away for a long weekend to and celebrated a...