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Western suburbs property to pull NSW out of the red
by Staff Reporter • 23 Sep 2009
Liverpool and Blacktown in Sydney’s Western suburbs are leading the charge in home sales and helping to drag NSW out...READ MORE
Mid-price property set for boom: analyst
by Staff Reporter • 23 Sep 2009
Properties priced between $700,000 and $1 million are likely to show the greatest growth, according to RP Data.
READ MORERAMS slashes exception fees
by Staff Reporter • 23 Sep 2009
RAMS Home Loans yesterday announced that it would reduce its exception fees to $15.
READ MORECredit unions claw back volumes
by Staff Reporter • 23 Sep 2009
A new report from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has shown credit unions have increased their... READ MORE
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.
READ MOREWhite 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.
READ MORERenters 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.
READ MOREConsumers further in the red
by Staff Reporter • 18 Sep 2009
Australians are falling deeper into debt, a report from the Reserve Bank has found.
READ MORESenate 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.
READ MOREHousing 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

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