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Fewer FHBs seek finance
by Staff Reporter • 28 Oct 2009
Mortgage Broker Loan Market Group has seen a 26 per cent drop in the number of enquiries from first home buyers since... READ MORE
Abandoning major banks could save borrowers $5.3b
by Staff Reporter • 27 Oct 2009
According to Infochoice’s first quarterly cost-of-banking report, mortgage customers could save $3,186 a year in... READ MORE
Hermes MD fights ‘unjust’ mortgages
by Staff Reporter • 26 Oct 2009
In December 2006 Ms Upton Baker borrowed $5.8 million secured against her Elizabeth bay apartment and in June 2007,... READ MORE
Housing affordability slides
by Staff Reporter • 23 Oct 2009
According to the report, affordability slipped 3.3 per cent in the September quarter, but was still 35.7 per cent... READ MORE
Obama breathes new life into US FHB market
by Staff Reporter • 20 Oct 2009
According to Reuters, the program aims to restart a source of mortgage financing for first time and low income buyers... READ MORE
FHBs retreat from market but sector still robust
by Staff Reporter • 20 Oct 2009
REIA president David Airey said he expects to see the number of first home buyers drop back down to normal levels... READ MORE
Ray White buys Loan Market Group
by Staff Reporter • 16 Oct 2009
Loan Market Group was formed two years ago when X Inc merged with Ray White Group’s Mortgage Organisation Channels... READ MORE
St George narrows in on Gen Y borrowers
by Staff Reporter • 16 Oct 2009
The bank’s general manager of intermediary distribution, Steven Heavey, said the SENSE product will help brokers... READ MORE
Lack of supply puts pressure on affordability
by Staff Reporter • 15 Oct 2009
According to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), seasonally adjusted work done on new residential... READ MORE
Low Sydney vacancy rates good for investors
by Staff Reporter • 13 Oct 2009
According to the REINSW, the number of vacant rental properties across the city and in Newcastle remained stable at... READ MORE
FirstMac quick off the mark for RMBS buy back
by Staff Reporter • 13 Oct 2009
The company’s chief financial officer, James Austin, said while FirstMac was currently seeking support from the... READ MORE
UK housing market in recovery
by Staff Reporter • 7 Oct 2009
According to the Halifax division of Lloyds Banking Group, house prices climbed 1.6 per cent to an average of... READ MORE
Investors set to flood market: survey
by Staff Reporter • 7 Oct 2009
According to the results, 70 per cent of respondents would buy interstate and 66 per cent are looking for long-term... READ MORE
RBA pushes rates up 25bp
by Staff Reporter • 6 Oct 2009
The 25-basis-point rise pushes the central bank's cash rate to 3.25 per cent.
RBA governor Glenn Stevens said the... READ MORE
Registration for Credit Reform delayed
by Staff Reporter • 1 Oct 2009
Last week, the minister for financial services Chris Bowen said that any broker who engages in certain credit... READ MORE

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