Broker Profile

“I’ve been told I should be a therapist, and some days being an Auckland mortgage broker feels a lot like that!”

Campbell Hastie is that extremely understanding friend, except this friend will help you buy a house. He’s there to listen, to put himself in your shoes, deal with any sticky financial situations and perhaps just order those panicked house-buying thoughts running through your head out of there.

People seem to trust him as they would their GP or a fireman. Perhaps because he keeps things straight to the point and in language, you can understand. He also likes to lay out the options and let you choose one that makes the most sense. It’s you who has to pay the mortgage after all, so it has to suit you as perfectly as possible.

The funny thing about the mortgage business is that clients don’t really want one. Instead, they want the house. The cool renovations. The new home in a better school zone, or get a rental for their retirement. The mortgage? Just a means to an end, and that’s something Campbell Hastie never loses sight of.

He does have some qualifications behind all his talk – a BCom and a BSc at Auckland Uni, though, like most things, he learned a heck of a lot more on the job.

Apart from work, he likes fly fishing. “There’s something cool about flicking a piece of fur and fluff to a fish and having it take it. You should try it sometime.” He also likes wood chopping.