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Nearly a third of borrowers will be FHBs next year

by Reporter • 11 May 2018
Nearly a third (30 per cent) of consumers taking out a home loan in the next year will be first home buyers (FHBs),... READ MORE

DomaCom crowdfunds $1.6m mortgage-backed loan

by Tas Bindi • 10 May 2018
DomaCom’s investment platform was used by Newcastle-based Shartru Wealth Management (Shartru) to raise $1.6 million... READ MORE

Royal commission to focus on credit to SMEs

by Reporter • 9 May 2018
The third round of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services... READ MORE

New Macquarie-backed player enters mortgage market

by Reporter • 9 May 2018
Cloud-based digital mortgage platform Athena Home Loans has closed a Series A raise of $15 million with investment... READ MORE

Borrowers should ‘brace’ themselves for rate hikes

by Reporter • 30 Apr 2018
After online lender ME claimed that it was “forced” to hike interest rates on its owner-occupier and investor... READ MORE

Opinion: APRA’s actions will reduce borrowing power

by James Mitchell • 27 Apr 2018
At first glance, it would appear that APRA has reopened the floodgates for banks to turbocharge lending to property... READ MORE

‘Flawed’ mortgage lending could trigger risk

by Reporter • 23 Apr 2018
RiskWise Property Research CEO Doron Peleg has claimed that the “flawed” provision of income and expense... READ MORE

Regional bank to announce partnership to boost SME platform

by Reporter • 20 Apr 2018
Following the release of the Bank of Queensland’s (BOQ) financial results for the first half of 2018 (1H18), CEO... READ MORE

Small business loan ABS trust first to be assigned rating

by Reporter • 20 Apr 2018
The ABS issuance, which involved a total of $83.25 million in debt securities, is backed by unsecured small business... READ MORE

What’s happening with investor loans?

by Michael Ellison • 17 Apr 2018
Back in December 2014, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) asked banks to limit investor loan... READ MORE

La Trobe Financial’s $750m RMBS receives highest credit rating

by Staff Reporter • 13 Apr 2018
La Trobe Financial’s class A1S, A1L and A2 securities, valued at a collective $658.5 million, were given a triple A... READ MORE

Financial planners want to offer credit advice

by Reporter • 6 Apr 2018
In its response to the Productivity Commission’s (PC) draft report findings and recommendations concerning the... READ MORE

Westpac relied on car dealers for loan verification

by Reporter • 23 Mar 2018
Appearing before the financial services royal commission on Wednesday (21 March), Westpac’s general manager of... READ MORE

Commissioner suggests trail could be paid to borrowers

by Reporter • 22 Mar 2018
Despite ASIC’s remuneration review finding that ongoing trail “usually provides an incentive to aggregators and... READ MORE

Major banks to make changes to SME loan contracts

by Reporter • 16 Mar 2018
An Unfair Contract Terms and Small Business Loans report released by the Australian Securities and Investments... READ MORE
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