'Put it on the mortgage'. With lower interest rates and rising house prices, why wouldn’t you? For years, many New Zealanders have tapped into their home equity; borrowing against their property to access cash. Using the house as an ATM is out of favour and now only 11% of 'new' loans were of that type. In 2019 it was almost 20%. Since the data series began a decade ago, mortgage top-ups were the lowest ever in 2024 - and declining during the year.

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