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Like the butterfly effect, but for your money.

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Get a mortgage

If it’s a home loan you need, our expert mortgage advisers will get you the best deal.

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Grow your money

If you want to earn higher interest on your savings, check out our great options.

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Building a system that works better for our community

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A better deal on your mortgage

Our mortgage advisers get to know you, and work with all the main lenders to find the solution that best fits you and your goals.

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Bespoke funding

End-to-end funding for builders and developers designed to make your money work harder and manage your risk.

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Higher returns on your savings

Grow your money whilst keeping it handy with our high-interest On-Call Account or place it into one of our term investment options for even better returns.

Mortgages

Talking to a Squirrel mortgage broker won't cost you a cent

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We’ve been helping Kiwis into homes since 2008

And we've arranged over $20 billion of mortgages.

Our mortgage advisers are paid the same regardless of which lender they recommend. The only motivation they have is to make you better off.

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We’ve got relationships with all the major lenders

Which means better deals for you. And for when you don’t fit inside the square, we’ve got our own bespoke solutions.

Whether buying your first home or reviewing your mortgage, your own personal adviser will guide you through the journey.

How much can I borrow?

Use our mortgage calculator to work out how much you can borrow for a home

Find out more about how our mortgage brokers can help you

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Saving & investing

Grow your money faster with Squirrel whilst helping others

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Squirrel Saving and Investing customers earned 7.42% p.a. average rate of return last month.

Choose from a range of flexible term investment options or keep your money handy at all times – and still earn interest every day.

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Your invested money stays in New Zealand

And will only ever be used to buy, build or renovate Kiwi homes.

Whilst past performance isn’t a guarantee of the future, no Squirrel investor has ever lost a cent.

Let's grow your money

Use our earnings calculator to work out how much you could be earning with Squirrel

Find out more about Squirrel saving and investing

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Don't just take our word for it

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Really happy Basil was amazing, very efficient, great communication and he worked with us to get a good result. Would recommend him to others

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Once again dealing with Emma has been awesome, She just makes things happen and gets us a good deal that is why some of our Kids deal with her also

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Abrar

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It's been great having Emma Wallace on board with us. We greatly appreciate her wealth of knowledge, professionalism, guidance and prompt response.

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Nick

New Zealand

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My mortgage broker Bianca did an awesome job, made everything easy and go smoothly. Went the extra mile working in with me as a shift worker to get things done when they needed to be done to meet deadlines.

More lenders means more choices

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And if you don’t quite fit the bank’s box we can step in with our own custom solution just for you. It starts with a mortgage application.

Meet our friendly mortgage advisers

We’re NZ’s most trusted independent mortgage broker, and that’s because our advisers thrive on delivering the best outcomes for Kiwis like you.

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Views from The Treehouse

Check out our blog to get the lowdown on the housing market, the economy or the inside scoop on Squirrel.

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22 October 2024

Commercial and Development

ANZ’s new guidelines for the treatment of developer cash contributions

By Squirrel

With some developers stepping in to fill the gap left by the First Home Grant earlier this year, lenders are adapting their rules around what's acceptable (and what's not) as a source of deposit. Here's what you need to know about ANZ's new guidelines around the treatment of developer cash contributions.

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21 October 2024

Saving and Investing

Squirrel reviews all the different ways we work to keep your money and data safe

By Dave Tyrer

When you hand over your money and personal data to a business, you want to know you can count on them to do right by you—and with your money, and data. At Squirrel, we take this responsibility seriously, and so here we're reviewing all the measures we have in place to keep your money and data safe.

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18 October 2024

Housing Market

We were wrong. But right.

By David Cunningham

In early February, we made a bold call—that inflation would be back to 2% by September 2024, and so the time was right to start cutting interest rates. With the latest inflation stats out this week, Squirrel CEO David Cunningham reflects on our prediction.

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