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.”
BNZ loses some market share
Bank of New Zealand continued to lose a small amount of mortgage market share in the December quarter although its profit grew 18.8%.
Monday, March 27th 2006, 7:18AM
by Jenny Ruth
The bank's mortgage book grew by $610 million to $18.717 billion in the three months, putting its market share at 16.28%, down from 16.32% at the end of September. That was also down on the 16.29% reached at December 2004, using Reserve Bank of New Zealand figures as a proxy for the market.
BNZ sparked a mortgage pricing war in late 2004 with its "unbeatable" advertising campaign and it also actively promotes the fact that it doesn't deal with mortgage brokers.
Its net profit in the three months ended December rose to $139 million compared with $117 million in the same three months of 2004. The bank has adopted the new International Financial Reporting Standards and has re-stated its December quarter 2004 result from the previously published $132 million.
The bank's operating expenses fell $28 million, or 11.6%, to $213 million compared with the year-earlier quarter while total assets grew 9.7% to $46.561 billion.
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