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‘Best’ brokerages open to varied skill sets and experience: recruiter
The key to having a staff that “gels” is encouraging diversity of experience and paying attention to potential recruits’ personalities, a broker recruiter has said
ECONOMY • Fri, 11 Aug 2017
‘Hard to envisage’ property crash: Nikko AM
The likelihood of a “huge” decline in the Australian housing market is relatively small, but concerned investors should be watching unemployment and interest rates, Nikko ...
PROPERTY • Tue, 08 Aug 2017
Entry requirements for broking ‘too low’
The entry requirements for broking are “too low”, and if brokers want to be held in the same light as solicitors and accountants, they need to be educated accordingly
ECONOMY • Tue, 08 Aug 2017
CBA cuts executive bonuses
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has decided to cut the short-term variable remuneration outcomes for its executive team. It maintains, however, that CEO Ian Narev has ...
LENDER • Tue, 08 Aug 2017
RBA flags issue with non-major turnaround times
Interest-only lending changes driven by increased regulatory scrutiny are creating processing headaches for the non-major banks.
ECONOMY • Mon, 07 Aug 2017
NSW housing need set to grow ‘substantially’ by 2025
More than one in five NSW households will be in "housing need" by 2025, 5 per cent higher than the national average, a new study has revealed.
‘Orderly unwinding’ in housing market likely: S&P
A “sharp correction” in the housing market is unlikely to occur in the next two years, but an “orderly unwinding” is on the cards, S&P has said.
ECONOMY • Sun, 06 Aug 2017
Easing restrictions could encourage more Islamic lending options
A loosening of regulations on trade taxes could encourage a greater range of Islamic financing options in the market, a major Islamic mortgage manager has said.
LENDER • Fri, 04 Aug 2017
KordaMentha blasts ‘primitive’ response to housing affordability
Industry players have indicted the federal government as having “no interest” in solving declining housing affordability for young Australians.
ECONOMY • Thu, 03 Aug 2017
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