US homebuilder confidence for new single-family homes remains at a record low this month due to continuing mortgage market problems, a substantial inventory overhang, and the e...

The Bank of Queensland (BoQ) has announced it does not intend to increase its $53.2 million offer for Mackay Permanent Building Society (MPBS) despite Wide Bay’s counter ...

Securitised lenders may have been starved of funds since the July US sub-prime collapse but Australia’s private lenders are bringing home the bacon.

Mackay Permanent Building Society’s (MPBS) board of directors have backed Wide Bay’s latest takeover offer, saying it is “superior” to a competing bid f...

Confidence in the UK commercial property market has hit a four year low, with the global credit crunch listed as one of the key contributors.

Westpac today announced that it had completed funding arrangements for RAMS Home Loans up to $500 million.

The Victorian government launched the world’s first electronic conveyancing (EC) system today.

Research released by Veda Advantage yesterday found that 1.9 million Australians with good credit histories have been denied credit because of the current reporting system. ...

The Federal Treasurer today approved the Bank of Queensland’s (BoQ) proposed $600 million takeover of Perth-based Home Building Society (HBS).

Building society Wide Bay Australia has increased its bid for Mackay Permanent Building Society (MPBS) in a move to sway MPBS shareholders away for a proposed merger with the B...

Mortgage Choice has added La Trobe Financial Services and FirstMac to its lender panel.

Adelaide Bank’s ordinary shareholders have approved the union with Bendigo Bank.

The non-bank lending sector experienced a significant drop in new business in September.

Australia’s major banks have posted record profits largely off the back of a strong economy and the flow on benefits from investment initiatives over recent years, accord...