Growth
Fixed rate demand continues to slide
by Reporter • 1 Feb 2018
Demand for fixed rate home loans has dropped by 74 basis points, with 22.07 per cent of home loans approved in... READ MORE
Property prices continue to fall
by Staff Reporter • 30 Jan 2018
Combined, the daily home value index fell by 0.1 per cent in the week ending 28 January.
Sydney fell by 0.2 per... READ MORE
Prospa announces new leadership appointment
by Reporter • 29 Jan 2018
Raj Bhat, who has served as an adviser to Prospa’s management team for the past three years, will assume his new... READ MORE
Owner-occupier finance rises as lease finance drops
by Reporter • 19 Jan 2018
According to new lending finance data from the ABS, loans to owner-occupiers totalled $21 billion in November 2017,... READ MORE
New law to increase tax debt transparency
by Staff reporter • 19 Jan 2018
Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O’Dwyer released draft legislation which proposes authorising the... READ MORE
Insurers to refund millions to customers
by Reporter • 17 Jan 2018
An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found that thousands of customers... READ MORE
The key to diversification in 2018
by Matthew Santosa - Head of Broker at MoneyPlace • 12 Jan 2018
Q1. Tell me a little bit about Outsource Financial’s proposition to brokers.
Outsource Financial is a... READ MORE
Fresh fears over high levels of household debt
by Staff Reporter • 12 Jan 2018
Australian households appear likely to pull back on consumption if a bad income or interest rate shock occurred,... READ MORE
Melbourne ACL holder in court over alleged NCCP breaches
by Staff Reporter • 12 Jan 2018
ASIC commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Financial Circle on 15 December 2017 alleging breaches of the... READ MORE
Recipients of Women in Leadership Scholarship announced
by Reporter • 12 Jan 2018
The Commercial Asset Finance Brokers Association of Australia’s initiative, arranged through Women in Leadership... READ MORE
Avoiding New Year cash flow challenges for SMEs
by Greg Charlwood • 12 Jan 2018
It is a tough world for Australia’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The current operating environment is... READ MORE
Small businesses saving $9bn as rate burden eases
by Reporter • 10 Jan 2018
Analysing data from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the ABA outlined that since 2011, small business interest... READ MORE
Fixed rate demand continues to fall
by Staff Reporter • 9 Jan 2018
The data, released this week, shows that fixed rate home loans accounted for 22.81 per cent of all loans written... READ MORE
The key to financial wellness
by James Mitchell • 4 Jan 2018
Financial wellness advocate Clayton Daniel is the author of Fund Your Ideal Lifestyle, a book inspired by his... READ MORE
Mortgage stress to trigger rise in defaults, says analyst
by Reporter • 3 Jan 2018
Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) has released its mortgage stress and default analysis for the month of December,... READ MORE

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