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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Happy and Satisfied
My husband and I do highly recommend Mr Darren Lawson. No doubt about his qualification and experience as mortgage broker. He has guided us every step of the way from day 1. He has been instrumental that we finally are getting our new build home. Darren is very responsive, personable, patient, honest, and professional. Trully on top of his league!
October 15, 2022
Excellent Service
We can't thank Darren enough for his hard work securing our loan. Correspondence was clear, timely and Darren guided us every step of the way. Highly recommend his expertise and top-quality service to everyone. Thank you
September 1, 2022
Finance Guru!
Darren is highly professional high energy and extremley knowledgable in his field. Totally customer focused and makes a daunting job of searching for the best Finance rates around SO easy to achieve, his vast experience of many years is what YOU need. If time is of the essence and it truly was for us then CHOOSE Darren! Remember if you need someone with years of integral clout with the Banks on your behalf, don't waste your time Choose Darren Lawson!!
August 31, 2022
A quite professional
A quite professional, responsive mortgage broker with excellent communication. Highly recommended. Thank you Darren
September 2, 2022
Darren is awesome
Darren and I have been on quite a journey with my house sale. Darren has done his job exponentially as well as being a claming ear and thinking well outside of his obligatory box of being a mortgage broker. I will be forever grateful I had darren as my broker and will recpmmend him in an instant to anyone who needs this service. Thank you again darren
July 1, 2022
Darren made life easy
This was the first time I have used a mortgage broker and I am a convert - Darren made life so easy for me by doing all the hard work and getting me a great rate and cash back - highly recommend Darren to anyone looking to get a mortgage
August 17, 2022
Darren communicated clearly and I had…
Darren communicated clearly and I had positive interactions with him.
July 19, 2022
Great to work with
Darren was great to deal with. Quick with responding to emails and very clear with the information he provided. Darren made the process of getting a loan very easy after having difficulty contacting anyone at our current bank. We would recommend to friends and family.
June 27, 2022
Awsome guy to deal with and goes the…
Awsome guy to deal with and goes the extra mile to help you out cheers
June 21, 2022
Darren is a star
Darren was our mortgage broker , and trust me …we were not having any hope of getting our loan approval but this person only took 24 hours to get it approved which just fascinated us , he just made our life so beautiful. Thankyou so much darren , I really don’t have enough words to thankyou for this. But We are so much grateful for this. You are amazing
June 5, 2022
Prompt service
Prompt service, good communicator, Did what I needed, Would recomend. Cheers
May 31, 2022
Darren has been an absolute star
Darren has been an absolute star. After being let down by two previous company’s Darren delivered exactly what he said. He made the entire process easy for us and was always there to offer advise or answer every one of our emails with ease and professionalism.
We couldn’t recommend him enough, and will certainly contact him for any future home related needs.
Thanks again Darren.
April 2, 2022
Darren was amazing
Darren was amazing, super helpful and really good to work with. Thank you for all your help Darren!
March 31, 2022
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