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Should I stay or should I go? | 6 December 2009
I have been with one bank all my life, but am concerned that it’s mortgage rates are consistently higher than other banks I could go to.

Finding a property manager | 21 June 2009
How do I find a good one, and how do I keep them honest while I am away? Can I claim some of the costs for property management and insurance while I am away?

Redundancy Shock | 17 May 2009
Do I need to tell the bank I am going to lose my job? Will they be angry if we later have to do something like take a mortgage holiday and they discover our change of circumstances?.

Fixed or floating | 26 April 2009
Do you think the five-year rates are still good value, or should I stick to shorter terms. They seem to have gone up very fast and I hope they could come back from here as quickly.

Queenstown Times | 2 February 2009
Roost mortgage broker Mark Pullar said he had been inundated with customers, many of them first-home buyers, who have been holding out for the past two or three months, waiting to buy as property prices and interest rates dropped.

The Southland Times | 30th January 2009
Cash Rate Cut Benefits New Home Owners. Mark Pullar of Roost Mortgages "Pulled out all sorts of miracles"