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REIA slams St George property report

by Staff Reporter • 23 Sep 2009
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has hit out at a recent St George property hotspot report stressing that...READ MORE

Brokers bullish about Q4 business

by Staff Reporter • 22 Sep 2009
Broker confidence towards volumes and overall business growth has soared, according to the latest Mortgage Business... READ MORE

Obama bolsters US home lending

by Staff Reporter • 22 Sep 2009
The Obama administration is taking steps to shore up the country’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program, as... READ MORE

Connective breaks into WA market

by Staff Reporter • 22 Sep 2009

In the month since its launch, Connective’s push into Western Australia has yielded promising results.

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White label product backed by Choice brokers

by Staff Reporter • 22 Sep 2009
Choice Aggregation Services’ new white label offering has struck a chord with its brokers writing more than $20... READ MORE

More houses needed: HIA

by Staff Reporter • 21 Sep 2009
The Australian housing industry will have to boost its production rate by more than 70,000 new homes a year in order to... READ MORE

Citibank and Virgin to tackle big four dominance

by Staff Reporter • 21 Sep 2009
Citibank has formed a strategic alliance with Richard Branson’s Australian Virgin Money group in a bid to... READ MORE

Loan settlements up 26pc: LJ Hooker

by Staff Reporter • 21 Sep 2009
LJ Hooker Financial Services has seen a 26 per cent rise in loan settlement figures on this time last year on the back... READ MORE

Sydney and Melbourne clearances stay high

by Staff Reporter • 21 Sep 2009
Sydney and Melbourne have continued their run of high clearance rates over the weekend, data from Australian Property... READ MORE

Choice appoints AFM to lender panel

by Staff Reporter • 21 Sep 2009
Non-bank lender Australian First Mortgage (AFM) has been appointed to Choice Aggregation Services panel of... READ MORE

First home buyers set to retreat

by Staff Reporter • 21 Sep 2009
First home buyers are expected to retreat from the housing market when the government’s first home owner’s grant is... READ MORE

Clearance rates climb

by Staff Reporter • 18 Sep 2009

Residential property sales are still riding high, according to RP Data’s weekly clearance rate results.

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Renters still aspire to home ownership

by Staff Reporter • 18 Sep 2009

Australians are expressing more optimism about their financial future, a new report has found.

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Consumers further in the red

by Staff Reporter • 18 Sep 2009

Australians are falling deeper into debt, a report from the Reserve Bank has found.

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Senate inquiry calls for wholesale funding review

by Staff Reporter • 18 Sep 2009
In what could be a win for small and regional banks, a senate inquiry has urged the government to review their... READ MORE

NAB acquisition should go through: MFAA

by Staff Reporter • 18 Sep 2009
While the ACCC has indicated that it could yet block NAB’s acquisition of Challenger’s mortgage management... READ MORE

WA records 60pc sales increase

by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2009
Western Australia is enjoying a run of strong property sales, with sales volumes increasing 60 per cent between the... READ MORE

Mortgage margin drops for CUA

by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2009
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has reported a net interest margin fall of 7 per cent to 1.81 per cent on its mortgage... READ MORE

St George identifies nation’s property hotspots

by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2009
St George’s National Property Report released today has revealed 24 locations across the nation that are likely to... READ MORE

Non-banks improve broker communications

by Staff Reporter • 17 Sep 2009
Some of Australia’s largest mortgage management funders will now provide brokers with five days notice to any... READ MORE

Australia leads global property recovery

by Staff Reporter • 16 Sep 2009

Australia is leading the global recovery in residential property prices, according to research from Knight Frank.

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Housing starts drop in June quarter

by Staff Reporter • 16 Sep 2009
In a sign that Australia’s recovery may take longer than first predicted, housing starts fell 3.7 per cent in the... READ MORE

Credit unions still strong despite GFC

by Staff Reporter • 16 Sep 2009
Abacus chief executive officer Louise Petschler said the mutual banking business model had performed well in the... READ MORE

Brokers support for non-bank sector grows

by Staff Reporter • 16 Sep 2009
Australian brokers remain firmly behind the non-bank sector, despite the severe lack of available funding and tough... READ MORE

Borrower perception of turnaround times warped: RFI

by Staff Reporter • 16 Sep 2009
Brokers need to think carefully about how they manage borrower expectations when it comes to turnaround times according... READ MORE

Construction to pick up in 2010

by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2009
The pace of construction in Australia is set to pick up over the coming two years as a growing number of existing home... READ MORE

Baby boomer parents blamed for low home ownership levels: report

by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2009
Despite positive construction data, a boost to the government’s first home owners grant and relatively low interest... READ MORE

RBA hints at rate rise

by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2009
The likelihood of a November rate hike has increased with The RBA’s minutes of the monetary policy meeting showing... READ MORE

CBA to partner Mortgage Business in quality broker ranking

by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2009
Top performing brokers will be recognised for the quality as well as the quantity of business that they write in the... READ MORE

ME Bank to sell more RMBS

by Staff Reporter • 15 Sep 2009
ME Bank, formerly known as Members Equity Bank, has launched an issue of $500 million of prime residential... READ MORE
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