Our tips, guides and mortgage calculators can help you work out how to manage your home loan, pay your home off more quickly or get into your next home.
Home loan calculators
Repayment calculator
Work out your regular repayments and how quickly you could pay off your home loan.
Work out your regular repayments and how quickly you could pay off your home loan.
Borrowing calculator
Get an idea of how much you could borrow to buy a home by telling us your income and deposit.
Get an idea of how much you could borrow to buy a home by telling us your income and deposit.
How much could you spend on a house?
See what type of house you could buy based on the weekly repayments you could afford.
See what type of house you could buy based on the weekly repayments you could afford.
Once you have a home loan
Handy house-buying terms
Loan-to-value ratio (LVR)
LVR looks at the amount you'd like to borrow as a percentage of the property’s market value.
There have been changes to the Reserve Bank LVR restrictions. Find out what these LVR changes might mean for you.
Equity
Take away the amount still owing on your home loan and any other debts you may have secured against it from the property’s current market value. This is your equity.
When you buy your first home, to begin with, your equity will likely be your deposit.
Deposit
When you apply for a home loan, you’ll generally need a deposit of 20% of the value of the property you want to buy. This will go towards your home loan and can also be used to pay a sales deposit on the property you want to buy.
Apply for a home loan
Before applying, you may want to talk through your options with one of our home loan experts.
Standard terms and conditions
Kiwibank’s lending criteria, terms and conditions and fees apply.