How to crush your mortgage while rates are low
04/23/25 • 18 min
Welcome to Ask the Experts, where each week we talk to people in the industry to get the inside word on what’s happening right now, and what that means for the tactics that you should use to make the most of your money.
Interest rates are finally coming down, and so many of us breathe a sigh of relief, especially all the people with a mortgage. But how do you make the most of that, and maybe even get ahead, by putting that new interest rate to work?
To get under the skin of the banking world we’ve partnered up with Kiwibank, who has kindly leant us their expert Nicole Pervan, and we’re going to smash through this.
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Welcome to Ask the Experts, where each week we talk to people in the industry to get the inside word on what’s happening right now, and what that means for the tactics that you should use to make the most of your money.
Interest rates are finally coming down, and so many of us breathe a sigh of relief, especially all the people with a mortgage. But how do you make the most of that, and maybe even get ahead, by putting that new interest rate to work?
To get under the skin of the banking world we’ve partnered up with Kiwibank, who has kindly leant us their expert Nicole Pervan, and we’re going to smash through this.
Links
Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Making Cents is supported by our friends at Kiwibank.
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