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  • 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%. participating lender will have their own interest rates and fees. One of those fees is to reimburse the lender for the Lenders Mortgage Insurance premium Kāinga Ora

  • We’re the first in our aiga to buy a home

    Buying your first home is a huge deal even when you’ve grown up in New Zealand. For Suamasi and Semala, who arrived here as penniless newlyweds, it is literally the dream that’s come true. % deposit on a house. After two failed attempts to secure a mortgage, they approached a Sāmoan-speaking mortgage advisor for help with the application process. “It

  • Tenant home ownership

    If you are currently a Kāinga Ora tenant, you may be eligible for a grant to go towards purchasing the home you’re living in. to consider when purchasing a home, such as: Legal fees – at least $1,000 Lender’s mortgage insurance premium Builders report – approximately $400 Loan

  • Kāinga Ora home leapfrogs family to home ownership

    Denise and Shannon know the difference a stable home can make. They've recently been able to purchase their very own home, and credit their former Kāinga Ora home as the stable base that helped them get there. saving enough to start having serious conversations with a mortgage advisor. “Last year we still didn’t think we had enough saved for a deposit - turns out we

  • Young mum’s home ownership dreams come true

    For Maddy, a Dunedin neonatal nurse and mother of two, owning a home and providing a stable base for her young family has been a long-held goal. in. Not knowing where to start or whether she had the financial means to buy a home, Maddy sat down with a mortgage broker to see what was possible. “That

  • Changes announced for home ownership products

    The Government has today announced changes to some of the home ownership products and programmes administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. %, reducing costs that are passed on to borrowers. For example, someone with a mortgage of $600,000 will now pay $3,000 towards the insurance premium, instead of

  • New homes partnership a win for all involved

    New homes are being built as part of an ongoing partnership between Kāinga Ora and the Department of Corrections. construction sector upon their release. This is regarded as an important factor in reducing reoffending rates. Kāinga Ora benefits by getting more new homes into its

  • 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. . “People who want to get into their first home need to start reaching out for information and support. Working with local Kāinga Ora staff, a mortgage broker, real

  • History of State Housing

    New Zealand has played a significant role in public housing since 1894, with government-led initiatives shaping communities and improving living conditions. Mortgage Corporation. 1936 – Ka whakakotahitia te Mortgage Corporation ki te State Advances Office, kia whānau mai ko te State Advances Corporation. 1938 – Ka

  • Kāinga Whenua Loans for Collectives

    Kāinga Whenua Loans are also available for Māori collectives, including land trusts. Find out what qualifies as a Māori collective and how the Loan works these groups. rates will apply to the Loan. How does it work? Kāinga Ora takes security over the house, through an agreement between the landowners (the collective) and Kāinga

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