Borrower
UK push to ban 100 per cent mortgages
by Staff Reporter • 23 Feb 2009
According to The Sunday Times, the prime minister wants to force home buyers to stump up at least a 5 per cent... READ MORE
Buyers turn to CBD properties
by Staff Reporter • 20 Feb 2009
According to RP Data, properties across Australia are, overall, taking longer to sell than they were 12 months ago... READ MORE
BankWest trims major groups' commission - Feb 2009
by Staff Reporter • 20 Feb 2009
The changes follow the bank’s decision last April to freeze commission levels for its key partners until the end of... READ MORE
More major rate cuts unlikely: RBA
by Staff Reporter • 18 Feb 2009
In its February monetary policy meeting minutes released yesterday, the RBA indicated that it was likely to proceed... READ MORE
Housing finance up in December
by Staff Reporter • 17 Feb 2009
According to the latest data, the total value of owner-occupied housing commitments rose 7.1 per cent, seasonally... READ MORE
West Coast Eagles teams up with The Mortgage Gallery
by Staff Reporter • 12 Feb 2009
As the club’s official mortgage broker, TMG franchisees will have access to both club members and supporters,... READ MORE
Full future rate cuts unlikely to reach borrowers: CBA
by Staff Reporter • 12 Feb 2009
Speaking yesterday about the delivery of CBA’s half-year results Mr Norris said that rising wholesale funding... READ MORE
Interest rates could curb booms: RBA
by Staff Reporter • 11 Feb 2009
Speaking yesterday at a conference in Kuala Lumpur, Glenn Stevens, RBA governor, said the international crisis had... READ MORE
Banks deliver full rate relief to borrowers
by Staff Reporter • 4 Feb 2009
Westpac was first to move, announcing that it would pass on the rate cut in full less than one hour after the Reserve... READ MORE
RBA delivers full one per cent
by Staff Reporter • 4 Feb 2009
The latest cut will save borrowers around $200 a month in repayments on the average mortgage.
While 3.25 per cent... READ MORE
Tougher loan criteria for US borrowers
by Staff Reporter • 3 Feb 2009
The survey, which is based on responses from 53 domestic banks and 23 branches or agencies of foreign banks, showed... READ MORE
Economic uncertainty sends borrowing levels south
by Staff Reporter • 2 Feb 2009
Figures released by the Reserve Bank on Friday showed private sector credit contracted by 0.3 per cent in December. A... READ MORE
Opportunity for cautious investors in Australian property
by Staff Reporter • 30 Jan 2009
“We are not expecting a drop in prices to be as severe in Australia or as widespread compared with the US and... READ MORE
Unemployment to push mortgage stress upwards in 2009
by Staff Reporter • 28 Jan 2009
According to Fujitsu’s latest Mortgage Stress-O-Meter, released yesterday, the number of households in mortgage... READ MORE
US housing market continues to crumble
by Staff Reporter • 23 Jan 2009
US housing starts fell 15.5 per cent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 550,000, US Commerce... READ MORE

Read the latest issue of The Adviser magazine!
The Adviser is the number one magazine for Australia's finance and mortgage brokers. The publications delivers news, analysis, business intelligence, sales and marketing strategies, research and key target reports to an audience of professional mortgage and finance brokers
Read more