 TheBull.com.au | Mortgage specialist is urging borrowers to hunt around for a better home loan deal Perth Now AUSTRALIANS are moving in increasing numbers towards fixed-rate home loans, according to statistics from home-loan broker Mortgage Choice. ``The RBA still influences short-term interest rates, but other factors, such as global uncertainty and strong ... Borrowers now have the edge Westpac hints at undersized rate cuts Most economists predict RBA interest rate cut |
 The Age | ANZ, Westpac, NAB, Commonwealth need to raise $100bn in debt The Australian HOME or abroad, Australian banks can't catch a break. Consumers aren't taking out loans, business confidence is flagging and house prices are falling. Overseas, turmoil in Europe is pushing up the cost of funds the banks need to run their own ... Australian Home Loan Clients Take Longer Than Expected to Pay Mortgages ANALYSIS - Advantage ANZ, NAB among Australia banks as costs soar Housing woes strain banks |
Big four tighten grip on market with mortgages up $175bn The Australian Exclusive analysis of APRA data by The Weekend Australian indicates that in the three years from when the global financial crisis hit in 2008, the big four have grown their mortgage books for owner-occupier housing by more than $175 billion, ... Heritage Bank Goes Nationwide with Mortgage Lending |
Money in the Pocket; A Stronger and More Competitive Banking System The International News Magazine With the ban of exit fees on new home loans, the big banks can no longer assume that once a customer signs on the dotted line, they'll just stick with them. In the first five months since we introduced the ban, an extra 320000 Australian households ... |
building approval rates decline in december Mozo.com.au House hunters looking to secure a home loan in Australia have seen the number of residential building projects being approved decline. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the amount of projects that received the green light in December ... |
 BigPond News | new home sales fall in december figures show Mozo.com.au The uptake of home loans across Australia fell away in December 2011, new figures have confirmed. According to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the demand for mortgages was low, despite the fact that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) had ... New home sales fall flat over Christmas Australia: New home sales fall 4.9%; house prices weaker in December |
 TheBull.com.au | Australia Home-Loan Approvals Gain in November on Interest Rate Reduction Bloomberg Australian home-loan approvals rose in November for an eighth straight month as the central bank's first interest-rate reduction in two years helped attract first- time buyers. The number of loans granted to build or buy houses and apartments gained ... Australia Home-Loan Approvals Gain in November on Rate Cut Will the RBA help house prices? Australia consumer confidence improves in January |
 International Business Times AU | Japanese banks could snatch $100 billion of the Australian home loan market NEWS.com.au Responding to a Daily Telegraph report that Japanese banks could snatch $100 billion of the Australian home loan market by undercutting local lenders which fail to pass on rate cuts, Mr Swan warned the big domestic banks could no longer take their ... Japanese lenders look for a slice of Australian home loan market 3 Major Japanese Banks Eye Australia Home Loan Market Japanese banks 'could offer Aussies cheap home loans' |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Banks face home loan suit Sydney Morning Herald Maurice Blackburn principal, major projects, Ben Slade said there was a legal basis for challenging the lending practices of Australian banks that had ''unlawfully'' and ''wantonly'' put consumers in home loans they were unlikely to be able to repay. Banks may face lawsuit |
australian property among the most expensive in the world Mozo.com.au House hunters who are looking for an affordable home loan in Australia have learned that properties in the country are among the most expensive in the entire world. According to the eighth annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, ... |
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