We had an amazing experience with our mortgage broker, Darren. From the moment we met him, he was incredibly friendly and welcoming. As first-home buyers, we had lots of questions, but Darren cle... See more
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We were incredibly lucky to have Darren's help in getting our first home. 'Mortgage broker' doesn't quite do him justice, his support felt like so much more than that. Not only did he deliver amazing... See more
Darren could not have made buying our first home easier for us. Came into the process extremely clueless. From our first engagement with him we felt extremely well looked after, the service was truely... See more
Client satisfaction. Darren is man who works for clients, not only to complete their work but with passion and efforts to achieve client goal. I personaly found him very helpful and at every mo... See more
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Since 1990, Mike Pero Mortgages has lived and breathed property and finance in New Zealand. We know it inside out. We understand the challenges Kiwis face when home hunting, and for over 30 years, we’ve been the brand that you trust when it comes to making this important purchase. Each year, we arrange more than $1 billion in loans for Kiwis and we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of homeowners and investors achieve their financial goals. Our advisers are located nationwide, but with local expertise, making them well-equipped to help find the best solution for your needs.
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PO Box 33310, Barrington, 8244, Christchurch, New Zealand
- 021 952 710
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Flexible, helpful, dedcated.
Darren was an amazing and so very helpful. He made the whole experience very stress-free and the process of gathering documentation was a breeze. We'd been regaled with stories of all the work getting a mortgage would be - and it just wasn't the case with Darren helping us. He was very flexible time wise, quick with communication, able to give us realistic options, and explained things in a way that two neurodivergents felt comfortable with everything. Darren access multiple mortgage options and found us a great rate when it's notoriously difficult to find a serivable He even made the time to help us (a number of times) while he was on a family holiday!
June 14, 2023
Highly recommend Darren Lawson
Darren was very friendly and helpful, he made the mortgage application process simple and easy to understand and was very quick and efficient. He was always happy to answer any questions I had as well.
May 21, 2023
Thank you Darren
We really felt we were in good hands with Darren. He made the process much easier than we could have imagined, he was very quick to respond to any queries or concerns we had and it made the experience of purchasing a new home much less daunting. Thank you so much Darren.
July 6, 2023
Couldn’t Recommend Darren More!
Darren has been the biggest help to us these last 9months helping to get us into our brand new home and we couldn’t recommend him enough! He is so quick to answer all of our emails and if he misses a call (very rarely), he always calls us back as soon as he can. He has truly been there for us answering all of our stupid questions and putting our minds at ease when we have been stressed to the max, and has followed our whole building experience with us right through to the end. We couldn’t have done this without his help and guidance and we can’t thank him enough!
June 18, 2023
Short notice
Darren jumped in to help us at short notice and has made our home build journey an easier experience. It has been a pleasure dealing with him.
Highly recommend to anyone!
January 17, 2023
Client satisfaction
Client satisfaction. Darren is man who works for clients, not only to complete their work but with passion and efforts to achieve client goal.
I personaly found him very helpful and at every moment, he had gave best advice which is good as gold.
I would recommend my friends to go with Darren for any financial advice.
May 4, 2023
Responsive, effective and extremely efficient.
Darren was really responsive to our needs, extremely efficient, found us a great deal that’s suited our financial positions and he had things sorted for us that afternoon. Awesome, thanks.
March 16, 2023
Quick and friendly service
Darren was quick to respond, got things sorted for us promptly and was always available to answer questions. I really appreciated the support through the process.
January 9, 2023
Darren Lawson
Darren was an incredibly personable, helpful, and enthusiastic person to deal with. He made the entire experience easy and straight forward!
November 8, 2022
Darren was very skilled
Darren was Efficient, available, knowledgeable, friendly and made things happen quickly. Very pleased and happy with his skill in getting us our mortgage
October 28, 2022
The best one we could have
Darren helped us to find the best house, gave us all the advice and help we needed.
November 25, 2022
Great Experience
Couldn't have asked for a more supportive Broker - Darren is an absolute hero and went above and beyond for us from the moment we had our first meeting. He was professional, personable and always available when we had questions. Buying a house would have been a completely different experience without Darren and much less enjoyable - thank you for everything!
November 22, 2022
Excellent Service
Darren is very professional and knowledgeable, helped me get the best deal from the banks. We would definetly carry on using Darren as our Mortgage Broker and highly recommend him to others. A++
October 20, 2022
Amazing service and dedication
Amazing service and dedication, could not have done this without Darren! Highly recommend to anyone
October 10, 2022
Darren listens and provided multiple…
Darren listens and provided multiple options and was easily contactable would definitely use Darren in the future
September 30, 2022
Great service!
Darren was really helpful and understanding with me (a little bit of a dope when it comes to money matters). Highly recommend him.
October 17, 2022
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