Mark Rosanes

Mark Rosanes

New Zealand adviser

Mark Rosanes

Senior Writer

17+ years experience4,577 Total views on Mortgage Professional in 2025

Mark's specialty topics

Housing market analysis and property trends Mortgage regulation and compliance Specialty and alternative lending First home buyer and government schemes Broker business and professional development

Mark Rosanes is a journalist and feature writer at Key Media, where he has covered the mortgage industry for New Zealand Adviser l since 2020. He writes guides and in-depth features on residential and commercial mortgages, broker industry news, and housing market and rates.

Mark has worked in editorial since 2009. Before joining Key Media, he spent a decade at Global Sources, the Hong Kong-listed B2B sourcing platform and one of Alibaba's largest competitors, where he rose from copy editor to managing editor across industry-specific product verticals and trade magazines.

Earlier in his career, he worked as a segment producer in sports broadcasting, covering professional basketball, boxing, volleyball, and regional multi-sport events.

His work focuses on translating complex mortgage topics into practical guidance for brokers, lenders, and housing market professionals.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Housing and mortgage markets move fast, and the brokers and lenders I write for are making consequential decisions on compressed timelines. I try to write in a way that keeps pace with that, translating rate movements, regulatory changes, and market shifts into the kind of grounded analysis that holds up when a client is sitting across the desk.”

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Wealth Professional · Insurance Business · Human Resources Director · Canadian HR Reporter · InvestmentNews

Featured content from Mark

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Previous experience

  • Key Media — SEO Editor
  • Key Media — Global News Writer
  • Global Sources — Managing Editor

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, University of the Philippines

Read the latest stories by Mark

Cash rate increases boon to banks’ profitability – Fitch

Central bank rate increases push up returns on bank assets, report says

Cash rate increases boon to banks’ profitability – Fitch

Mortgage product offering 5% deposit attracts more than 1,000 applicants

“Good news stories are starting to come through,” firm’s chief executive says

Mortgage product offering 5% deposit attracts more than 1,000 applicants

OCR increase can stabilise property prices - experts

They also suggest a rise in cash rate will help curb inflation

OCR increase can stabilise property prices - experts

How credit scores impact home loan applications

Credit scores affect a borrower’s chances of getting a mortgage, but lenders also consider other factors

How credit scores impact home loan applications

Property prices hit three-year high

House prices are soaring as demand rises, but can supply keep up?

Property prices hit three-year high

Reverse mortgage a better option for older Kiwis – bank

Mortgage deferral might not be an option for older homeowners dealing with the pandemic fallout, says bank

Reverse mortgage a better option for older Kiwis – bank

Hastings receives $16m funding to boost affordable housing

Grant is on top of the $12m the district already allocated for housing infrastructure

Hastings receives $16m funding to boost affordable housing

Households are struggling to pay off mortgages – study

A new study reveals thousands of mortgages in arrears in August

Households are struggling to pay off mortgages – study

Simplicity cuts floating mortgage rate to record low

Provider says amount is lower than any mortgage, fixed or floating, provided by any bank

Simplicity cuts floating mortgage rate to record low

Economists expect OCR to fall below zero next year

Bank economists predict rate to drop into negative territory as NZ fights to stave off recession

Economists expect OCR to fall below zero next year