KiwiSaver withdrawals funding half of first home buyer deposits: KPMG

KiwiSaver withdrawals funding half of first home buyer deposits: KPMG
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By Pattrick Smellie July 11 (BusinessDesk) - First home buyers continue to grow as a proportion of the total home mortgage market, with KiwiSaver fund withdrawals now accounting for about half the deposits used to secure a first home, according to KPMG. Two years ago, first home buyers made up just 11.9 percent of new mortgage lending, but that had increased steadily to hit 17.2 percent in the March quarter, while property investors continue to fall away as mortgage borrowers, the firm says in its latest quarterly review of the banking ma...

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