The Australian residential property market will bounce back in 2012 – at least, that’s the word from RP Data

Benign inflationary growth, a slow rise in employment, and low consumer confidence prompted the Reserve Bank to cut rates at its November Board meeting

NAB Broker has managed to chart a steady course through the troubled lending waters of the past eighteen months

The property market remains relatively flat, but recent data show the number of new home sales is on the rise

Up, down, steady. Problems abroad and lack of consumer confidence at home have prompted the Reserve Bank to change its rate stance to stable with a downward bias

In today’s market, it has become more important than ever for brokerages to have efficient, consistent back-end processes – which is where CBA’s Process Excellence program comes into play

Bankwest’s head of specialist lending Ian Rakhit talks to The Adviser about broker commissions and the bank’s commitment to the third party distribution channel

WHILE BROKERS wrote 11.4 per cent more refinancing business in the June quarter than they did in the March quarter, it was the regional banks that grew their refinancing business the most, according to the Market Intelligence Strategy Centre’s (MISC’s) latest quarterly report.

We rarely hear from our New Zealand neighbours about the state of their broking industry, but a look across the ditch reveals some strong similarities as well as key differences