Home prices drop for first time in 17 months
CHRIS ZAPPONE National city home prices fell for the first time in 17 months in June, as auction clearance rates dipped and higher interest rates cooled the market. Median national home prices ...
Banks match RBA’s rate rise
ERIC JOHNSTON - RBA rate rises since 2006. The big four banks have raised their variable home loan rates by 25 basis points, in line with the Reserve Bank's move this ...
Rate rises take toll on property values
BRONWEN GORA - Interest rate rise...Home owner. / Sam Mooy Source: The Australian. PROPERTY values have started falling in Sydney as the impact of five interest rate rises in the past seven ...
Economists baffled by robust property market
JONATHAN CHANCELLOR PROPERTY EDITOR LEADING economists are stumped for answers as to what's happening within the residential property market. After five interest rate rises in seven months they wonder how auction clearance ...
Interest rates headed for a horror 10 per cent
MORTGAGE rates are predicted to hit a horror 10 per cent within the next two years as the Reserve Bank hikes rates to prevent runaway inflation. Leading economists say soaring commodity ...
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Home loan market on mend: RBA
ERIC JOHNSTON IMPROVEMENTS in funding markets are starting to help stir competition in the mortgage market, the Reserve Bank says. The central bank's assistant governor, Guy Debelle, said alternative funding sources such ...
Fringe dwellers top property gains
So much for location, location, location. All but one of the top 10 performing property markets in Australia over the past decade are anything but central. Topping the list is Oakdowns, a ...
Investors fear bubble will pop
The great Australian dream ... but the housing market remains tight and prices high. Photo: Peter Braig ANALYSIS WHEN the chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank, Ralph Norris, recently caught up with ...
Experts banking on $50 a month interest rate rise
By Karina Barrymore - The Advertiser Experts expect the Reserve Bank to hike Cash rate would become 4 per cent Extra $44 a month on a $300k mortgage Taxpayer jackpot: $1bn lottery sale BATTLING home owners ...
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Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
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Hooker muscles in on loans
The Australian
LJ Hooker, in partnership with specialist mortgage and financial services distribution group Firstfolio, yesterday launched its LJ Hooker Classic Home Loan, ...
NEWS.com.auHome lending bias a threat to growth
Sydney Morning Herald
A BIAS by Australian banks towards writing home loans rather than lending to business may pose a risk to the finance system and could undermine Australia's ...Home loan applications rise 2.3% in June quarter
Mozo.com.au
It suggests Aussie borrowers have become more discerning and could be more inclined to compare home loans as a means of avoiding debt problems. ...
The Guardian
Forbes (blog)
TopNews New Zealand
BigPond News
International Business Times AUCashed-up RHG examines its options
Sydney Morning Herald
RHG sold its old RAMS Home Loans brand and distribution network to Westpac during the financial crisis, signing an agreement not to re-enter the home loan ...






