Changes are coming to the First Home Loan insurance premium - 22 May 2025

From 1 July 2025, the insurance premium for new First Home Loan borrowers increases from 0.5% to 1.2% of the loan value. Borrowers can choose to pay this upfront or across the lifetime of the loan.

This change only applies to new First Home Loan applications submitted after 1 July 2025 and does not affect earlier applications. This means existing First Home Loan borrowers stay at the 0.5% premium rate.

For people partway through the application process, the premium will remain at 0.5% if the application is submitted before or on 1 July 2025 and an offer is made on a property before the application approval expires.

If you have further questions about the First Home Loan, please call the Kāinga Ora Customer Support Centre on 0800 801 601 or get in touch with your bank. Or read the First Home Loan Insurance Premium Changes FAQs.

He wero pea te rapu i te moni tāpui mō tō whare tuatahi, ā, e herea ana e te nuinga o ngā kaituku kia 20% i te itinga iho te moni tāpui. Engari mō te Pūtea Taurewa Whare Tuatahi me whai koe i te moni tāpui e 5% noa iho, nō reira he māmā ake te uru atu ki tō whare tuatahi.

Ka tukuna ngā Pūtea Taurewa Whare Tuatahi e ngā pēke, e ērā atu kaituku kua tīpakohia, ā, e taurangitia ana e Kāinga Ora. Nā konei e tukuna ana te kaituku ki te whakarato pūtea taurewa ka noho kē i waho i ā rātou paerewa pūtea taurewa.

Ki te aro mai koe ki te Pūtea Taurewa Whare Tuatahi, kōrerohia ō here, ō āhuatanga takitahi hoki ki tētahi kaituku e whai wāhi mai ana.

Kua whakahoungia te whārangi: 22 Haratua 2025