Five-year rates, one year on..

Mortgage Rates

This month has seen some huge changes to long-term fixed interest rates across most home loan lenders.  The most significant were the cuts to five-year rates which, for our main retail banks, were between 65 and 75 basis points bringing them back down to were they were 12-months ago.

Although the longer-term fixed rates are quite a bit lower than last month, they are still the more expensive option with medians around 7.20% to 7.80%, compared with the six-month and one-year median rates of between 6.10% and 6.45% respectively.

Keen for the best rate and some cash too?

We've teamed up with award winning mortgage experts, Squirrel.

With over 1,425 five star reviews on Shopper Approved, Squirrel has helped thousands of Kiwis just like you secure the best possible rate when refixing or refinancing. Squirrel often beats the advertised rates so it's worth getting them to review your mortgage.

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Ryan

New Zealand

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The service I got from Squirrel was extremely efficient. They dealt with my loan so easily and achieved a result greater than what I was expecting.

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Jo

New Zealand

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Highly recommend Squirrel to sort out a mortgage with the banks takes the hassle out of going to separate banks with so much information they do the hard yards for you - Baz was a superstar and helped me all the way to my new home.

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