by Cam | Feb 20, 2024 | Interest rates
Whenever I’m at a social occasion, I try to avoid talking about what I do because inevitably, I end up spending the rest of the evening listening to people’s opinions on Property and Interest Rates and politely indulging their questions. I also run the risk of...
by Cam | Aug 14, 2023 | Interest rates
I had a bit of an interview with Diana Clement, who wrote an article on OneRoof, and I thought I’d expand a bit of what we were talking about. Does the splitting strategy still make sense when interest rates are falling? Short answer: yes. Because what this strategy...
by Cam | May 15, 2023 | Interest rates
As with all forecasts and predictions, a grain of salt is necessary to answer that question. In the case of interest rate forecasts, a wheelbarrow of salt is probably prudent! But if you were to push me, then I’d say yes, I think they have. We won’t know until we are...
by Cam | Feb 10, 2023 | Interest rates
Nostradamus was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer who is best known for his book – a collection of 900+ future event predictions. He’s probably got a better idea than we do and frankly, making predictions is fraught even at the best of...
by Cam | Jan 25, 2023 | Interest rates
On Monday 23rd January 2023, we were advised of yet another interest rate update, on this occasion from ASB. As you can imagine, we get emails like this regularly from every bank, and honestly, I have a tendency to give them a quick skim and then hit the delete...
by Cam | Feb 22, 2021 | Interest rates, Managing your mortgage, Mortgage Adviser
What’s the best interest rate strategy? This question of what’s the best interest rate strategy has been something many homeowners haven’t considered for a while. I mean who needs to think hard on that one when the rates are falling month upon month (for years)! But...