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Opportunity beckons for property investors
by Staff Reporter • 29 May 2008
Market conditions are likely to remain somewhat flatter for some time, which will create strong investment... READ MORE
Almost 40pc of income needed to cover mortgage payments
by Staff Reporter • 29 May 2008
Home loan affordability has now deteriorated by 8.7 per cent in the year to March and is the most unaffordable in the... READ MORE
Bouris to buy back Wizard
by Staff Reporter • 26 May 2008
According to The Australian, Mr Bouris has “asked GE Money to pay him millions of dollars upfront to run the... READ MORE
First quarter slide for housing markets
by Staff Reporter • 26 May 2008
According to the REIA, house prices in Melbourne and Canberra fell the most during the quarter, while Sydney and... READ MORE
Borrowers apprehensive about refinancing
by Staff Reporter • 22 May 2008
“Nearly half of the respondents from our survey said that they expected to refinance in the next three months... READ MORE
Affordability worsens for first home buyers
by Staff Reporter • 22 May 2008
Average monthly repayments for first home buyers now sit at $2,799, a rise of 4.4 per cent since the beginning of the... READ MORE
Mortgage delinquencies to increase: Fitch
by Staff Reporter • 21 May 2008
According to Fitch, the thirty-plus day delinquencies on prime mortgages increased to 1.31 per cent in the first... READ MORE
Borrowers escaped rate rise by skin of their teeth in May
by Staff Reporter • 21 May 2008
The minutes show that the RBA Board spent “considerable time” determining whether to raise interest rates... READ MORE
US housing starts experience April recovery
by Staff Reporter • 20 May 2008
While the figure was still 30.6 per cent below that of April 2007, it represented a significant 8.2 per cent rise... READ MORE
Budget may slow investor activity
by Staff Reporter • 16 May 2008
Cameron Kusher, RP Data senior analyst, said that removing benefits such as the Baby Bonus and Family Benefit Tax B,... READ MORE
Significant reduction to Virgin Money mortgage origination
by Staff Reporter • 15 May 2008
“The financial markets have had a different and unfortunate shake-up, which has pushed the cost of funding to a... READ MORE
Inflation set to decline: RBA
by Staff Reporter • 12 May 2008
According to the RBA, available economic data for 2008 suggested that a significant moderation in domestic demand... READ MORE
Rates not the monster behind mortgage stress
by Staff Reporter • 9 May 2008
Genworth found through its Hardship Solutions program – which works to assist borrowers unable to meet debt... READ MORE
Macquarie?s reverse mortgages off the market indefinitely
by Staff Reporter • 9 May 2008
“No one can predict when global mortgage credit markets will stabilise,” a Macquarie spokesperson told... READ MORE
Mortgage lending set for tough 18 months
by Staff Reporter • 7 May 2008
According to Datamonitor, a slower period ahead will drag lending commitments for residential mortgages down to... READ MORE

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