A bit of extra effort can mean your home is all yours, not the bank's. Photo / file
Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's the newest episode of our OneRoof-partnered series, on the techniques that will pay off your mortgage fastest. Hosted by Frances Cook.
Housing affordability is a real, genuine problem for people at
the moment.
Many people would like to buy a house, but the prices have gone so high, it feels like silly money.
When we're talking such big numbers, it's hard for our brains to keep up, and suddenly another $50,000, $100,000, hey what's the big deal when you're in a tonne of debt already?
Except it is a big deal, as if you get it wrong, the bank will take it all off you, and you'll be worse off than you started.
