Mortgage Rates Daily Commentary
Thursday 6 August 2026
Taranaki residents plan to try and stop TSB sale - but there's a hitch; ASB hikes rates
Taranaki residents unhappy with the plan to sell TSB Bank to Heartland are hoping to file an injunction to stop it next week - but there's a catch. [READ ON]
ASB is the latest bank to increase fixed rates.
It has increased its fixed home loan rates by between 10-26 bps on its 6-month to three-year terms and has increased term deposit rates by 10-20 bps on its 6-month to two-year terms.
ASB’s Executive General Manager Personal Banking Adam Boyd says “We’re continuing to see volatility in wholesale interest rates, which have climbed over the past month. This has a direct bearing on the rates we offer on lending and deposits, in line with what is happening in markets around the world.”
Mortgage borrowing continues to bloom
Latest figures from the Reserve Bank show that mortgage borrowing levels continuue to grow.
Friday, August 9th 2002, 9:33AM
by Jenny Ruth
New Zealanders borrowed an additional $406 million in mortgages in June, bringing the total owed on housing to $71.03 billion, the latest Reserve Bank figures show.
June’s mortgage borrowing total was 8.1% higher than the $65.7 billion owed on housing in June last year.
That was just below the 8.2% year-on-year increase recorded in May. Until now, the year-on-year percentage increases have been steadily accelerating from the 5.6% increase in April last year from April 2000.
Mortgage borrowing represented 90.8% of total household indebtedness in June which was $78.25 billion, up from $77.76 billion in May and $72.34 billion in June last year.
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