2010
Renting Versus Buying First Home
Filed under: First Home Buyers, Housing Market, Mortgages
Buying your first home will almost always make better sense than renting. That is unless you live with 5 other flatties, eat bake beans, and have a communal shower. That is hard economics to beat under any scenario!
2009
How the Market is mispricing Mortgage Rates
Filed under: Housing Market, Interest Rates, Mortgages, NZ Economy
In previous posts we have shown you how to save tens of thousands in mortgage interest by leveraging short-term rates and repaying your mortgage faster. In this post we show you that long-term rates are overpriced, and that whilst mortgage rates will increase, it won’t be nearly as fast as the media banter would suggest.
2008
Will the real Chicken Little Please Stand Up
Filed under: NZ Economy, Property Buying Tips
Is your glass half full or half empty? With commentators lining up to predict the gloomiest possible scenarios for our economy we thought we’d put some water back in the glass. Sure we have high interest rates, petrol and food are expensive and the housing market is in a “slump.” But offsetting all of this
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Musings | Bank Economist versus Pikelet the Pig
July 31st 2010 -
NZ Mortgages | Buying Property in New Zealand
July 25th 2010