Growth
National property values stagnate
by Staff Reporter • 3 Jun 2008
According to company's end of month index released May 30, property values have dropped by 0.03 per cent since the... READ MORE
Sluggish weekend for auctions
by Staff Reporter • 2 Jun 2008
According to Australian Property Monitors (APM) the clearance rate for auctions in Melbourne was just 52.7 per cent... READ MORE
IMB winds back third-party distribution of residential loans
by Staff Reporter • 2 Jun 2008
IMB's chief executive Robert Ryan told Mortgage Business this morning that the decision had been made in light of... READ MORE
Residential construction increase masks negative trend: MBA
by Staff Reporter • 29 May 2008
Compared to the March quarter 2007, construction activity was down by 2.6 per cent.
Master Builders Australia chief... READ MORE
Wizard sale no impact on third-party business: GE Money
by Staff Reporter • 28 May 2008
In the communication Mark Rice, managing director of GE Money Third Party Solutions, confirmed that GE is... READ MORE
Fixed-rate loans keep private business on track
by Staff Reporter • 28 May 2008
East & Partners principal analyst Paul Dowling said the optimistic outlook of private businesses could be... READ MORE
Fixed-rates lose their appeal with consumers
by Staff Reporter • 27 May 2008
Fixed-rate loans fell to 21 per cent of all approvals during the month – 13 per cent down from March and 17 per... READ MORE
US home prices fall significantly in Q1
by Staff Reporter • 24 May 2008
The Index showed overnight that house prices declined 1.7 per cent, seasonally adjusted, during the first three... READ MORE
Budget fails to ease consumers? inflationary expectations
by Staff Reporter • 23 May 2008
The proportion of the Institute’s survey respondents that expected annual inflation to fall within the RBA... READ MORE
Back room efficiencies
by Staff Reporter • 21 May 2008
In a lending landscape that is being shaped by the credit crunch and funding concerns, ‘big’ is not always... READ MORE
Seiza pulls back on funding
by Staff Reporter • 21 May 2008
Jo Parkinson, director of Seiza, told Mortgage Business the boutique funder was “very much still in... READ MORE
UCU and mecu to merge
by Staff Reporter • 20 May 2008
If approved, the merger would see the UCU business transfer to mecu to create a $1.7 billion credit union with 17... READ MORE
Four capital cities report negative growth in April
by Staff Reporter • 19 May 2008
Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart and Perth all recorded negative price growth of between 0.21 per cent (Hobart) and 0.74 per... READ MORE
Residential property listings up 74 per cent
by Staff Reporter • 19 May 2008
The total number of listings on the national property market averaged around 132,700 in April, RP Data said last... READ MORE

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