Peachgrove East
Shared equity · 5% deposit

Own it at 5% down. We cover 15%, interest-free.

Put down 5%. Living Systems comes in as your equity partner for 15% of the home, at no interest and no fee. You borrow only 80%, so you skip the low-deposit penalty and your monthly is lower from day one.

5%Your deposit
15%We cover, interest-free
80%Your mortgage
~5 yrTo own it outright

How it works

A smaller way in, without the penalty.

A 5% deposit gets you a home, because we come in alongside you for 15% at no cost to hold, and the bank only lends the rest.

Your part

Put in 5%

A 5% deposit from savings or KiwiSaver. That is all it takes to get in.

Cash or KiwiSaver

Our part

We cover 15%

Living Systems comes in as your equity partner for 15% of the home. No interest, no fee, no rent on our share.

Interest-free

The bank

Borrow only 80%

A standard mortgage on the other 80%, so you skip the penalty banks add on low deposits.

Day one

Own and live in it

It is your home from the day you move in, owner-occupied. Our 15% simply sits alongside you.

Around year five

Buy us out

Over about five years, buy back our 15% and own your home outright, at the home's value then. Refinance or use savings.

The aim: 100% yours
Our 15% is interest-free and fee-free, but it is a share of your home, not a loan. When you buy it back or sell, it is valued at the price then, so we share in 15% of the ups and downs, and you keep 85%.

An example

Makomako, over five years.

A three-bedroom townhouse at $865,000. A 5% deposit gets you in, and the aim is to own it outright in about five years. Figures are an example. Yours will differ.

Getting in · day one

$43,250

Your 5% deposit is all it takes to get in.

Home value$865,000
Our share, interest-free · 15%$129,750
Your mortgage · 80%$692,000

Buying us out · around year five

100%

The aim: own your home outright.

You buy back our 15% at the home's value at the time, and it becomes fully yours. You keep 85% of any growth. Most people refinance to buy us out, or use savings.

You got in for a 5% deposit, and about five years later, the aim is to own your home outright.

Example figures for illustration only, not an offer or a quote. Our 15% is interest-free and fee-free, and is bought back at its market value at the time, so we share in 15% of the home's rise or fall and you keep 85%. Owning outright in about five years is the aim, not a fixed deadline, and you will need bank approval to refinance. Homes are new and owner-occupied, and a limited number are on the shared-equity pathway. Eligibility applies.

Who it's for

Could this be you?

Shared equity suits people who can comfortably carry a mortgage, but do not have a big deposit saved.

Or talk to Linda · linda@livingsystems.nz · 027 825 4148