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3/24 Dublin Street, Christchurch Central City alex@journeymortgages.co.nz

Property investors

The right loan for your next investment property

First-time or seasoned investor. 20+ lenders. Interest-only, equity release, DTI rule expertise.

Investing in property

Investment lending is a different conversation to buying a home. Servicing tests, deposit requirements, how existing rent is treated, interest deductibility and the way each lender views your portfolio all change what you can do next. Two lenders looking at the same numbers will often reach very different answers.

We structure investment lending so the next purchase is still possible after this one, which is where most portfolios stall. That means choosing lenders in the right order, keeping properties unencumbered where it helps, and being deliberate about which bank holds what. Our advice costs you nothing, because the lender pays us and you do not.

Our office is at 3/24 Dublin Street in Christchurch and we work with clients right across New Zealand. Plenty of our investor clients live in one city and buy in another, so whether you want to meet in person or keep it to phone and email, the advice and the process are exactly the same.

Alex Toohey is a Top 25 New Zealand Mortgage Adviser and Journey Mortgages holds a 5.0 rating from 69 Google reviews. Whether this is your first rental or your sixth, a 30 minute conversation will tell you what your current structure allows.

Modern investment property townhouses
Deposit, existing property
Generally 30%
Deposit, new build
Usually around 20%, and sometimes as low as 10%
DTI, investors
Typically up to 7× gross annual income
We watch for
Cross securitisation, lender order and split banking

Where portfolios stall

Three things we get deliberate about

Lender order

Which bank you use first changes what the second one will do. We sequence it so the next purchase stays possible.

Split banking

Spreading lending across banks protects your assets and keeps your bargaining power, and avoids cross securitisation.

Serviceability

Banks test you at a rate well above the one you'll pay. We work out what that leaves you, before you commit.

Yields, strategy and worked examples →

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  • A straight answer on what you can borrow
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