Home Loan News

Affordable city units still exist

Sydney is the only capital where it’s almost impossible to buy an apartment in the heart of the city for less than $500,000, new research has found.

ANZ cuts investment mortgage rates

ANZ has dropped the fixed interest rates on selected residential investment home loans, including principal and interest, interest only and interest in advance options.

People power is the only way to send the big banks a message

Your mortgage interest rate might be higher than you think

Some of Australia’s cheapest home loan rates are more expensive than they initially seem, a new analysis of variable home loans has found.

Property rents surge in Canberra

Canberra has emerged as a surprise leader in new rental statistics from SQM Research.

Millennials AREN'T killing mortgage broking

Australia’s millennials have been accused of killing everything from landline phones to department stores, but not the mortgage broking industry, which has more millennial customers than any other demographic.

First home buyers moving to Perth

Where are Australia’s first home buyers? Perth, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, which saw increased sales for lower-priced properties over the March 2018 quarter.

Myth busted: millennials are making sacrifices to enter the property market

Most younger Australians are on the path to home ownership, even if they’re uncertain how to achieve their goal, according to a new survey.

Top 10 regions Aussies are moving to

They say the grass is always greener, and for the growing number of Aussies making the move out of capital cities this might just be a few kilometres outside of them.

House building approvals continue to rise

Dwelling approvals around Australia rose in March 2018, with private sector house approvals at their highest level in 15 years, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Investors go cold on frosty property market

Budget to provide Aussie pensioners with reverse mortgages

Elderly Australians were arguably among the “winners” of the 2018 Federal Budget, with the updated Pension Loans Scheme letting retirees take out a government-issued reverse mortgage on their property and enjoy improved access to retirement income.