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Nadine Higgins

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

We'll be right back after this.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

Welcome back to The Prosperity Project.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

We're talking about how to approach your mortgage in a rising interest rate environment with Adam from Squirrel because that's what we're heading into and some of the banks are just incrementally starting to increase their rates already.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

But what I want to ask about is cashback.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

It feels like this magical money from the sky that you can get by switching banks.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

And sometimes they compete really hard for new business and sometimes they don't.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

What's the state of play at the moment?

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

Interchange, yeah.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

Whereas if they had to go out and replace you as a customer tomorrow, they'd give that person 0.9.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

It's huge.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

Yeah.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

Do you find that some people, and I know I found this with my clients, is that they're kind of like, oh, that is hard work.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

That's a lot of paperwork.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

And I know it's a lot of money, but if they don't have the time for life admin, they do not have the time for life admin.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

okay, that's the maths that people need to hear, right?

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

That's a great way to spend your time.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

Really, are there enough benefits outside of the cash to stay or go for?

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

If we're going to do the admin, let's make it worth it.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

Yeah, well, then there's another re in there.

The Prosperity Project
The mortgage traps costing Kiwis thousands

There's the refix, the refinance, but also the restructure, which I think is an important one.