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  • 2. Preparing and applying

    Learn how much you could borrow, build your deposit and understand the home loan process. Before you jump into house hunting, let’s learn about home loan pre-approval, find out how much you could borrow and explore ways to build your deposit. How

  • First Home Loan

    A First Home Loan can make it easier for you to get into your first home by lowering the required deposit to 5%. , each lender has their own credit criteria that must be met. Approvals You can either apply for a First Home Loan pre-approval or a final approval. Pre-Approval

  • SBS Bank partners with Kāinga Ora to help first home buyers

    First home buyers will have more opportunities to access the shared ownership scheme First Home Partner, following a new partnership announced today between Kāinga Ora and SBS Bank. into their first homes. We look forward to welcoming even more home buyers to SBS Bank.” First Home Partner applicants can apply for home loan pre-approval with

  • Young couple helped into their forever home

    A young couple, who were living with their baby and five-year-old son in their grandparent’s sleep out, are the first people in Tairāwhiti to use Kāinga Ora’s First Home Partner scheme to get into their own first home. eligible for Kāinga Ora’s First Home Loan and First Home Grant.” “After getting pre-approval for a small bank loan they started looking for something to buy. They

  • First Home Partner

    The purpose of this page is to assist existing First Home Partner customers. This scheme is now fully subscribed. service repayments, but do not have enough savings or a deposit to receive financial pre-approval for a home loan. Becoming a full homeowner with First Home

  • Design Review Panel

    Earlier this year, our Urban Design Panels team asked for feedback on improving the effectiveness of our Design Review process by surveying a range of our builder partners. touch about four weeks prior to your preferred date. In order to take advantage of the streamlined process, , you need to apply for a pre-app number with

  • 4. Buying

    Navigate the process of buying your first home, learn about different offers and sales methods and work towards making your first offer. confirms full approval of your home loan. Your due diligence process should also have been completed. How homes are sold There are four main ways homes are sold

  • New West Coast homes ready for whānau

    Local iwi last week blessed a new nine home development in Hokitika. Neighbours and members of the community were invited to look through the homes before tenants moved in. It marks the most significant development completed in Hokitika to date. pre-housing conversations, we’ve spoken to people about their connections to the community and any support they may need to live well in their new home in the

  • State-of-the-art development to rise from the ashes of former state home

    A vacant house recently gutted by fire in Auckland’s Point Chevalier is set to become the site of yet another modular Kāinga Ora public housing development. make use of fully pre-fabricated, high quality modular homes. It will vastly reduce construction time and increase the delivery of housing so we

  • New Nelson homes almost ready for whānau

    A significant new social housing development in Nelson will provide 26 homes for tenants and families. live well in their new home in the future during pre-housing conversations. “After tenants have moved in, they’ll be assigned a Housing Support Manager and we’ll

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