Economy

Recession is not the answer and will lead to ‘destruction’: RBA
17 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The Reserve Bank of Australia has slammed claims that a recession is the only way for the Australian economy to improve, saying that recessions engender “destructive destruction”.

RESIMAC prices NZ$250m RMBS
17 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Homeloans Limited’s wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary RESIMAC Home Loans has priced a multimillion-dollar residential mortgage-backed security, the second issuance it has offered since ...

Fall in investor demand correlates with drop in value growth
17 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

New data from property research analytics company CoreLogic suggests that when mortgage demand from investors falls, so too does the rate of value growth.

SA scraps controversial bank tax plans
16 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The Premier of South Australia has revealed that the state government has “set aside” its major bank levy, just minutes before the measure was due to be voted on for a second time.

Bank highlights LGBTQI financial discrimination
16 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The marriage law postal survey has thrown a light on the need to provide better financial support to the LGBTQI community, a subsidiary of a major bank has said.

Pepper shareholders approve takeover deal
15 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The shareholders of Pepper Group Limited have overwhelmingly approved the scheme implementation deed for Red Hot Australia Bidco Pty Ltd to acquire all of Pepper’s shares.

Sydney prices ‘must plateau, or even subside’: Bernard Salt
15 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Author, columnist and KPMG partner Bernard Salt has said that the growth rate in Sydney property prices since 2011 has been “quite extraordinary”, but believes that they “must plateau, or ...

Mortgage players land awards for service
14 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Three players in the mortgage industry — including a bank, a peer-to-peer lender and a non-bank home loan lender — have received awards based on their consumer ratings.

Aussie home buyers are racing against the clock
14 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Three-quarters of Australian home buyers believe that they have less time to make a property purchasing decision now than they did five years ago, a TicToc survey has found.

LLC recruits another Pepper exec
13 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

A mortgage veteran has joined his former Pepper colleagues Patrick Tuttle and David Holmes at SME lender Little Lease Company.