Finance

So, you’re near to or retired, own your home, maybe an investment property, looking to release some funds for any amount of activities or projects. 

So, you’ve had enough of high fuel prices and decided to go electric but need funding.

With the volatility of the conflict in Iran developing daily as to how far it will escalate or not, its early days yet to determine the long term effects, certainly we’re feeling it at the fuel pump right now.

The effect of global tension on economic recovery

One of the country's most prominent buyers' agencies has complained to the Real Estate Authority about a rise in ‘property flippers’ making six-figures from unwitting vendors. 

While we’ve done a great job bringing down inflation and interest rates and generally setting ourselves on a path to economic recovery, the latest geopolitical events that are hopefully short-lived highlight the need for flexibility. To that end it’s timely to take a look at options available. 

Introduced in 2025 and designed to stimulate capital spending and support economic growth in the form of accelerated depreciation, the government’s Investment Boost scheme allows a further 20% depreciation on the purchase price of new qualifying assets in the financial year of acquisition, on top of standard depreciations that normally apply.

A period of stability lies ahead with mortgage rates remaining largely unchanged.

In a move set to boost access to affordable housing finance, ASB Bank has become a participating lender with Kāinga Ora, opening the door for more first home buyers to enter the property market.

First-home buyers and investors are weighing the benefits of new builds against turnkey options.

This week’s column explores how to get on the property ladder as national confidence lifts and what it means for Taupō

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), which issues licenses to advisers, prefers the word adviser to broker.

Financial advisor Brian Coogan takes a look at what we can expect from 2026

Byline: Insights with InFinance by Brian Coogan

It’s the age-old question and the answer is – it depends!

OPINION: New Zealand’s proposed new earthquake-rating framework is set to reshape the commercial property landscape, altering how buildings are valued, financed, and insured — and offering a possible lifeline to one of the country’s most iconic heritage structures, the Chateau Tongariro.

In New Zealand’s dynamic property market, commercial property mortgages continue to play a crucial role in supporting business growth and investment.

As peak season approaches, many businesses face the familiar cash flow crunch — suppliers demanding upfront payment while customers take weeks to settle their accounts.

 Starting and running your own business is the dream of a lot of people - the thrill of being your own boss, doing it your way and the freedom to create what you want – it’s exciting and scary all in one and when you finally achieve success you wonder why you didn’t do it years earlier. Speaking from experience here.

In the current economic climate it may seem like its taking forever for the economy to get going with echoes of ‘survive to 25’ long faded in the distance, it’s a slow train coming.

Homes to be built in the first stage of Taupō District Council’s innovative new residential development at Taupō South are now on the market.

Since the start of this year, we’ve said that 2025 will be all about easing while everything settles down, setting us up for a recovery starting late 2025, through 26 and into 27.

Kicking off our sector on business finance is Invoice Finance, also known as factoring. While popular overseas, it’s a highly underutilised facility in NZ.

While it’s great to have access to insurance facilities and indeed essential to many parts of our lives, there are guidelines we need to adhere to in order to protect our access to it.