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Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Investors still backing away from property market
Investors are backing away from the housing market while owner-occupiers are taking a bigger piece of the housing pie, according to the latest ABS Housing Finance figures.
Home Loans
10 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Laine Gordon
Head of Public Relations
Big Bank bust up, NAB goes it alone on behalf of its customers
NAB has bucked the rate-hike trend, announcing it will leave its standard variable rate on hold at 5.24 per cent today.
Home Loans
10 Sep, 2018
1 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Home loan lenders do battle over consumer protections
Australia’s shareholder banks have been slapped down after calling on customer-owned banks to adopt their new code of ethics.
Home Loans
07 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Double trouble: CBA and ANZ hike mortgage rates
Commonwealth Bank and ANZ have hiked rates for their variable customers today by 0.15 percentage points and 0.16 percentage points respectively.
Home Loans
06 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Virgin Money woos home loan customers with free flights
Virgin Money is offering borrowers tens of thousands of Velocity Points if they take out a Reward Me home loan.
Home Loans
05 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Declining dwelling values herald harder spring selling season
With tight access to mortgage credit limiting the number of active buyers and investors in the Australian housing market, a CoreLogic report showing national dwelling values declining for the eleventh consecutive month may not bode well for this Spring's selling conditions.
Home Loans
04 Sep, 2018
4 min read
Georgie Hay
Suncorp goes it again in the Westpac aftermath
Australia’s sixth largest lender, Suncorp, is lifting its variable rates for the second time in less than six months.
Home Loans
31 Aug, 2018
2 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
End of volume-based commissions to encourage mortgage brokers to put customers first
The way Australia’s mortgage brokers get paid has changed, with the broking industry ending volume-based bonus commissions, to help encourage unbiased home loan recommendations.
Home Loans
30 Aug, 2018
2 min read
Georgie Hay
Westpac becomes the first of the big four banks to hike out-of-cycle
Variable rate customers who have their mortgage with Westpac and some of their subsidiaries will be forking out an average of $35 extra per month and $420 per year, after the bank hiked rates by 14 basis points.
Home Loans
29 Aug, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Greater Bank offering 3.59% interest-only loans
There are still a surprising number of lenders offering interest-only rates under 4 per cent, a new study of the mortgage market has found.
Home Loans
27 Aug, 2018
2 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Bankwest cuts mortgage rates by up to 45 basis points
Bankwest has announced cuts to its variable interest rates for new investor home loans as well as cuts to fixed rates for owner occupier mortgages.
Home Loans
24 Aug, 2018
3 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Lender offers $1,500 incentive to switch mortgage providers
Newcastle Permanent is offering home loan borrowers a $1,500 cash payment if they refinance with the building society.
Home Loans
22 Aug, 2018
1 min read
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