by Elise Vine | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog
Using Financial Advisers in the new financial environment. What’s the story? We have blogged in the past about the benefits of using a Financial Adviser. In this blog we want to talk a little bit more about what is going on in the industry and the...
by Elise Vine | Jun 15, 2022 | Blog
Wills. They’re not something we generally like talking about! Most of us feel pretty uncomfortable about the idea of planning for our death. Understandably so, of course we don’t want to think about that happening any time soon! But the reality is that it...
by Elise Vine | Jun 8, 2022 | Blog
Is now the right time to buy? Are you hanging back from purchasing a property? We all know that it’s been hard to buy a house in the last couple of years. Though it seems to be easing up, many would be buyers are holding back. Is now the time to jump in? As...
by Elise Vine | Jun 2, 2022 | Blog
What is an offset facility? There are many types of home loans and then there are variations within the loan types. A home loan is also called a mortgage and is effectively a loan that is secured against a property. You can have multiple home loans secured...
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...