BankWest yesterday unveiled the first of more than 50 new Victorian retail stores.

The US mortgage market has showed signs of improvement, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) showed overnight.

Consumer sentiment took an unanticipated 5.6 per cent plunge in June, the Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment revealed yesterday.

The Rudd government yesterday released the technical paper on its $512 million Housing Affordability Fund, which will aim to lower the cost of building new homes through a focu...

Commercial loan commitments dropped in April to $32.601 billion, seasonally adjusted, ABS figures highlighted yesterday.

The class A notes of Macquarie’s first no- and low-doc RMBS issue for the year was today assigned a ‘AAA’ preliminary rating by Standard & Poor’s. ...

Consultation about possible changes to its commissions structure is currently underway between ANZ and broker groups, an ANZ spokeswoman has confirmed with Mortgage Business...

Lehman Brothers announced overnight that it expected a second quarter loss of US$2.8 billion ($2.95 billion), which highlighted the impact of credit market conditions on Americ...

Suncorp confirmed today that it will introduce a new broker commission structure designed to reward "persistent, quality advised-based business".

The FBAA yesterday called on the Federal government to broaden the scope of its proposed financial services sector legislation.

In further evidence that the non-bank sector has been hit hard by current market conditions, ABS figures released today showed the number of owner-occupied dwellings financed b...

Broker numbers are tipped to fall by up to 5,000 as lending volumes slide, commissions are cut and regulation nears implementation.

The Australian business community has bleak expectations for the September quarter, Dun & Bradstreet’s Business Expectations Survey today revealed.

Australian house values experienced the largest quarterly fall in five years during the March quarter, according to Mortgage Choice and REIA’s Real Estate Market Facts. ...