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Welcome to That Home Loan Hub, your ultimate guide to mastering the world of home loans and property. I'm Zebunisso Alimova, here to simplify the complexities of real estate and provide you with expert insights and the latest trends.
Whether you're a first-time homebuyer, an experienced investor, or simply curious about the property market, this podcast is for you. Join me each week as we unlock the secrets to property success and help you make informed decisions. Let's dive into the world of property together!
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- Retiring With More KiwiSaver · 10 Min.Turning 65 is not a finish line, it is the start of a new money problem: how do you make your KiwiSaver last while you keep living your life. We’re seeing more New Zealanders…
- First Home Buyers Webinar November 2026 · 50 Min.Buying your first home in New Zealand can feel impossible when you are staring at house prices, a small deposit, student loans or credit cards, and the pressure of getting the…
- KiwiSaver For The Self-Employed · 9 Min.If you’re self-employed, KiwiSaver can feel like one more thing you’re meant to do perfectly while your income does anything but. We sit down with Dave to get practical about…
- KiwiSaver 101 For Smarter Choices · 22 Min.KiwiSaver is one of the biggest financial decisions many of us make on autopilot, and that’s exactly why it deserves a proper reset. With wild weather outside, we lean into…
- KiwiSaver Hardship Withdrawals · 10 Min.KiwiSaver is meant to sit quietly in the background until you buy your first home or retire but what happens when the present gets rough and the bills do not wait? We get…
- A Hidden Subfloor Access Exposed Major Rot · 10 Min.A vendor says there’s no subfloor access, then a manhole turns up inside a wardrobe and the entire deal changes. We bring Evan back for a rapid round of building inspection…
- The Three Hidden Hazards That Can Sink A Property Purchase · 21 Min.Meth contamination. Mould. Asbestos. Say those three words in a property conversation and you can feel the whole deal tighten up. We sit down with building inspector Evan to…
- The Real Cost Of Selling · 21 Min.Selling a house gets marketed as a neat little sequence of steps, but most Kiwi sellers discover the hard truth fast: it is emotional, it is exhausting, and it takes over your…
- Letters That Win The House · 9 Min.When offers are neck-and-neck, the deciding factor is not always the extra few thousand dollars. We get into a deceptively simple tool many Kiwi buyers overlook: a letter to the…
- The Top Property Searches Reveal What People Want · 9 Min.The search bar is brutally honest, and the latest realestate.co.nz keyword data gives a real-time snapshot of what New Zealand buyers are chasing. We pull apart the most searched…
- The Financial Planning Puzzle · 51 Min.Money rarely falls apart because of one big mistake. It usually drifts, quietly, through small decisions that never get lined up. We’re joined by Luke Hodgson from Harness…
- Kāpiti Property Stats That Matter · 11 Min.29 days to sell in Waikanae Beach versus 86 days in Waikanae Central isn’t just a quirky stat, it’s a reminder that the Kāpiti Coast property market is really a set of…
- How Leaders Stay Clear Headed Under Pressure · 41 Min.Burnout has somehow become a status symbol, especially in sales, financial services, and leadership roles where the pressure never really lets up. We wanted to test that story…
- The Energy Diary Method For Sustainable Productivity · 44 Min.You can have the perfect calendar and still feel wrecked by 3 pm. That’s the problem we dig into with Heather Hutchings, a long-time business coach who now works as the “Energy…
- AI That Tries To Please You · 51 Min.AI is moving faster than our judgement, and that’s exactly when mistakes get expensive. We sit down with Aucklander Tim Warren, a technology entrepreneur and AI keynote speaker…
- Sustainable High Performance For Modern Work Brains · 52 Min.Stress doesn’t just happen to us, we practise it. And in a world of phones, pings, packed diaries and constant “just one more thing”, that practice quietly rewires the brain…
- You Cannot Predict The Future, But You Can Prepare For It · 49 Min.The future is already influencing your decisions, even if you never call it “foresight”. We talk with New Zealand strategic foresight practitioner and futurist Victoria Mulligan…
- Rent-To-Buy Done Right · 54 Min.The housing crisis hits hardest in the gap that no one seems built to serve: people who work hard, pay rent on time, and still cannot pull together a deposit or meet bank…
- Kapiti Coast Market Snapshot · 10 Min.The Kapiti Coast property market can feel “busy” and “tough” at the same time, and August’s numbers explain why. We sit down with George Love to unpack the latest real estate…
- A First Home Buyer’s Guide To New Zealand Property Auctions · 11 Min.Auctions can turn even the most level-headed first home buyer into a bundle of nerves, especially when the vendor won’t accept a pre-auction offer and you’re left facing the…
- How To Make A Conditional Offer More Appealing · 8 Min.Losing out on homes because your offer looks “too hard” is brutal, especially when you’re a first home buyer trying to tick every box the bank and your lawyer require. We kick…
- How To Build A Financial Operating System That Actually Sticks · 45 Min.The fastest way to stay broke is to keep hunting for the “perfect mortgage structure” while the foundations underneath your money are still shaky. We’re joined by Jeff Elias…
- How Policy Ownership Speeds Up Life Insurance Payouts · 13 Min.Probate isn’t just a legal process. It can be the reason your partner waits months for a life insurance payout at the exact moment they need help most. We sit down with Blake…
- How The Terminal Illness Benefit Works In Life Insurance · 9 Min.A terminal diagnosis changes the timeline, but it also changes what your life insurance can do. Many people think life insurance only pays out when you die. We talk through the…
- Your Best Advantage Is Being Human · 59 Min.AI is everywhere right now, but here’s the uncomfortable truth: trying to “outsmart the machine” is a losing strategy. The real question is what makes you worth choosing when…
- Why Pricing Your Work Feels Like Therapy · 41 Min.A strong brand is not a logo, a slogan, or a flashy marketing tactic. It is the moment you can say, with confidence, what you do, who you do it for, and why it matters and have…
- Buy First Or Sell First · 6 Min.The “buy first or sell first” decision sounds simple until you’re the one staring at listings, talking to the bank, and trying to line up settlement dates without turning your…
- Conditional Offer Basics · 8 Min.The moment a vendor accepts your conditional offer, you’re on a deadline whether you feel ready or not. We sit down with Megan (soldiering on through a sore throat) to unpack…
- The Real Cost Of Buying A Home In NZ · 16 Min.ChatGPT can give you a number in seconds, but buying a home in New Zealand punishes vague budgeting. We put AI on the spot and go through the real-world costs that sit around…
- Tender Or Deadline · 9 Min.One word on a listing can change how much control you have after you make an offer: tender. We sit down with Megan to break down tender versus deadline sales in plain English…
- Women’s Mental Health Through Lived Experience And Practical Language · 52 Min.You can be standing right next to someone who’s falling apart and never know it, especially when we’re all half-distracted and living through screens. That’s why this…
- From Stay-At-Home Dad To Financial Adviser · 51 Min.Walking away from a solid job is one thing. Rebuilding your identity while you retrain, raise kids, and start again at the bottom of a new industry is another. Elliot Power joins…
- The Great Chattels Mishap And Other Real Estate Lessons · 12 Min.The fastest way to lose money on a property purchase isn’t paying a bit too much, it’s missing the one question that exposes a repair, a consent issue, or a settlement-day…
- Financial Freedom Starts With Small Choices You Repeat · 28 Min.Money can feel like a scoreboard, a source of stress, or the thing that keeps you stuck. We see it differently with Natalie Ferguson, co-founder of PowerSuit and former…
- Smart Questions For Home Buyers · 12 Min.The fastest way to get confident as a home buyer is not another spreadsheet. It is asking the questions that reveal motivation, risk, and reality before you fall in love with the…
- How To Be Positive Without Being Fake · 56 Min.Death has a way of stripping life back to what matters and that’s exactly where Melanie Kerr does her clearest thinking. Known as the Positivity Expert, Melanie joins us to…
- Kapiti Coast Market Snapshot · 12 Min.Stats can be dull until they start answering the questions you actually care about: where are homes selling, what are people paying, and which parts of the Kapiti Coast are…
- Making Smarter Offers With A Proper Builders Report · 9 Min.You’re standing in the lounge of a house you might buy, offer paperwork is coming, and someone says, “Just get your dad to have a look.” That tiny moment can decide whether you…
- Smart Questions To Ask Before You Buy · 14 Min.That moment at an open home when you think “It feels right” is exactly when you need a sharper set of questions. We keep rolling through a practical buyer checklist for New…
- Unregulated Building Inspectors In New Zealand · 13 Min.Anyone can print a business card, build a website, and call themselves a building inspector in New Zealand and that caught us completely off guard. We sit down with Evan to…
- Monolithic Homes And Hidden Rot · 8 Min.A monolithic plaster home can look solid, modern, and “all good” at a glance, but once moisture gets into a direct-fix wall with no cavity, the damage can stay hidden until it’s…
- From Lawn Bowls To Road Cycling In Kapiti · 11 Min.Community sponsorship can be a hollow gesture, or it can be a promise you keep by actually turning up. We’re joined by James to talk through the local projects we’ve said yes to…
- The Grass Looks Greener Until You Run The Numbers · 11 Min.The “Australia looks better” story is everywhere right now, but we wanted to slow it down and actually test it. Plenty of Kiwis are heading over the ditch for higher pay and…
- Wellington’s Investor Conference And What You’ll Learn · 8 Min.You don’t have to be a “finance person” to be an investor anymore, and that’s exactly why financial literacy matters. James joins me to share what’s coming up for Wellington…
- I Lost Nearly Half A Million And Rebuilt · 27 Min.A childhood of counting coins and watching farm bills pile up can do more than shape habits, it can shape your whole relationship with safety, spending, and self-worth. We sit…
- Property Cycles: Buying When Others Panic · 9 Min.Property headlines are designed to make you feel like you’re late, wrong, or doomed. We’d rather talk about what actually happens: the New Zealand property market moves in…
- How A Single Woman In Her 50s Bought A Home With A Small Deposit · 10 Min.She turns up expecting us to say no. Single, mid-50s, average salary, tiny deposit, and a head full of “you need 20%” advice that’s kept her stuck for years. With James as my…
- How Multi-Offers Work In The New Zealand Property Market · 12 Min.Your heart is set on a house, you finally put an offer together, and then the agent says two words that spike your stress levels: multi-offer. Suddenly you are asking all the…
- Business Development That Turns Busy Into Productive · 47 Min.She wears “100 million hats”, but the through-line is clear: Helene Judge builds plans that help people move from busy to genuinely productive. We sit down with the founder of…
- Property Management Without The Guesswork · 44 Min.If you’ve been doom-scrolling property headlines and wondering whether to buy, hold, sell, or just wait for the election to pass, this chat will steady your footing. We’re joined…
