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Opportunity knocks for non-bank sector
by Staff Reporter • 29 Jan 2010
A lack of liquidity has hamstrung every lender since the financial crisis first hit in late 2007. And while... READ MORE
Rate gap creates non-bank opportunity
by Staff Reporter • 29 Jan 2010
When the RBA lifted the official cash rate in December by 25 basis points, few could have predicted the events that... READ MORE
Majors to undercut RBA
by Staff Reporter • 27 Jan 2010
According to research by Access Economics' macro-economist Chris Richardson, the majors will undercut a Reserve Bank... READ MORE
Housing affordability outstrips income
by Staff Reporter • 22 Jan 2010
Rismark managing director Christopher Joye said there had been no discernible increase in Australian house prices... READ MORE
Home buyers obsessed with inspections
by Staff Reporter • 21 Jan 2010
The figure is six times higher than inspections carried out last generation, where buyers took three to six weeks and... READ MORE
US survey reveals latest mortgage surge
by Staff Reporter • 20 Jan 2010
The Mortgage Bankers Association today released its survey on mortgage growth. The Market Composite Index, a measure... READ MORE
SMEs struggle to pay debt
by Staff Reporter • 20 Jan 2010
According to the credit reporting agency, the average payment times for small businesses has blown out from 2.1 days... READ MORE
FHB’s getting older: ABS
by Staff Reporter • 13 Jan 2010
Figures from the ABS showed two thirds of first home buyers were under 35 years of age in 2008.
However, more than 75... READ MORE
Mortgage market slumps
by Staff Reporter • 13 Jan 2010
According to the latest housing finance data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday, there... READ MORE
Chinese buyers eye off Oz
by Staff Reporter • 12 Jan 2010
LJ Hooker real estate agency expects the majority of investors to hail from abroad, with the company establishing a... READ MORE
Mortgage industry strong in 2010
by Staff Reporter • 11 Jan 2010
“You can have confidence that the market’s not going to boom and it’s not going to dip and it’s going to be... READ MORE
US mortgage insurer reduces risk list
by Staff Reporter • 11 Jan 2010
AIG’s mortgage insurer United Guaranty removed 45 areas from its list of locations that are considered to be high... READ MORE
UK mortgage approvals soar
by Staff Reporter • 5 Jan 2010
Oliver Gilmartin, senior economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, said the BoE’s figures suggested... READ MORE
ING to ramp up mortgage lending
by Staff Reporter • 5 Jan 2010
According to the bank’s executive director of Mortgages Lisa Claes, ING DIRECTexpects to increase mortgage lending... READ MORE
Qld restricts FHB grant
by Staff Reporter • 4 Jan 2010
From 1 January, people spending more than $1 million on their first home will no longer be eligible for the $7,000... READ MORE

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