by Elise Vine | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog
On Tuesday the Reserve Bank announced that an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) has been signed with the Minister of Finance regarding a macro-prudential policy. What this means is that along with the tightening of the responsible lending rules that have been...
by Elise Vine | Aug 1, 2021 | Newsletters
Hi there! The days may be getting a bit lighter but it’s clear that winter is in full force, with snow and floods causing more disruption across the country. Extreme weather conditions are something we need to be planning for. It is another timely reminder that we...
by Elise Vine | Jul 7, 2021 | Blog
Low interest rates have been drawing people in to taking credit to spend on all sorts of things, which has been great for helping the NZ economy get kick started after the nationwide lockdown last year. The thing that is less talked about is the fact that the debt...
by Elise Vine | Jul 1, 2021 | Newsletters
Hi there! Winter has arrived with a hiss and a roar, with snow throughout the country on top of the flooding in southern Canterbury area earlier in June. It was a busy month for the team at Building on Basics as well. Bron and Elise went to Invercargill to continue...
by Elise Vine | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog
Since the changes in March 2021 to the laws governing how financial advice can be provided and by whom, there have been over 680 Financial Advisers that have left the industry. That sounds like a small number. There are a further 500 that are at risk of being...
