New residential mortgage special interest rates (B21)

This data tracks the special mortgage rates advertised by banks in New Zealand. Special rates are offered to borrowers who meet certain conditions specified by the bank, and are lower than the standard rates.

Released

07 October 2021 03:00 p.m.

Next release

05 November 2021 03:00 p.m.

Source

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Periodicity

Monthly

Data files

New residential mortgage special interest rates - B21 (2017-current) (XLSX 14.6 KB)
Technical note on new yields B6 and new interest rate B21 series (Nov 2018) (PDF 554.63 KB)

	Previous years:		Monthly:
	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	May 2021	Jun 2021	Jul 2021	Aug 2021	Sep 2021
New special residential mortgage interest rates (average % end of month)
6 months¹	4.33	3.37	3.24	3.09	3.16	3.16	3.22
1 year¹	3.52	2.56	2.27	2.21	2.48	2.49	2.72
18 months¹	3.70	2.66	2.43	2.38	2.69	2.70	2.99
2 years¹	3.44	2.69	2.56	2.57	2.82	2.86	3.14
3 years¹	3.81	2.78	2.81	2.91	3.19	3.18	3.42
4 years¹	4.09	3.00	3.07	3.28	3.51	3.51	3.83
5 years¹	4.16	3.07	3.33	3.57	3.83	3.83	4.03

The interest rates recorded here are simple averages of the special advertised (or ‘discounted’) first mortgage interest rates offered by banks to new borrowers for residential property. Special rates or discounts are offered to borrowers who meet specific lending criteria, terms or conditions (e.g. at least 30 percent equity). May not be available to all borrowers.

Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness of Data

Coverage

New customer special residential mortgage average interest rates at the end of month for registered banks.

Periodicity

Monthly.

Timeliness

Data is published five working days after the end of the reference period.

Access by the public

Data Release

Data is released on the Reserve Bank’s statistics page.

Statistics release calendar

The Statistics Release Calendar provides a long-term plan of scheduled releases. It is updated and released on the first working day of the month.

Integrity

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Data are collected under Section 36 of The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 (The Act).

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Provision of information about revisions and advance notice of major changes in methodology

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Quality

Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics

A copy of the survey template and definitions is available here.

Dissemination of statistics that support statistical cross-check and provide assurance of reasonableness

The Reserve Bank publishes data on the weighted floating first mortgage new customer housing rate in the Retail interest rates on lending and deposits (B3)

Interest.co.nz publishes mortgage interest rates for a range of terms.

New customer standard residential mortgage average interest rate

The interest rates recorded here are simple averages of the special advertised (or ‘discounted’) first mortgage interest rates offered by banks to new borrowers for residential property. Special rates or discounts are offered to borrowers who meet specific lending criteria, terms or conditions (e.g. at least 30 percent equity). May not be available to all borrowers.

Symbols and conventions for summary table

0	Zero or value rounded to zero
-	Not applicable
..	Not available
bold	Revised/new
italics	Provisional
light red background	Historical

General notes

Individual figures may not sum to the totals due to rounding
Percentage changes are calculated on unrounded numbers
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