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Finally there is some good news on the horizon for First Home Buyers

Recent government discussions of potential tax changes have halted inquiries from investors who usually bought at the lower end of the price range so is this going to open the door to first home buyers?



Well, not if the so-called mainstream lenders' 20% deposit requirements have anything to do with it.

However a group of Kiwi lenders and Housing New Zealand are teaming up to help first home buyers.

Recently Kiwibank and a few others, CBS Canterbury, Nelson Building Society, Southland Building Society, TSB Bank and Selected Credit Unions got together with Housing New Zealand to make it easier for home buyers to purchase their first home through a programme called Welcome Home Loans.

It is pleasing to finally see a Government backed scheme for the property sector that may actually help those that it sets out to.

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