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US group pitches $2.2 billion cash bid for Veda
18 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

US-listed credit group Equifax has targeted Veda Group for acquisition, valuing the ASX-listed company at more than $2 billion.

‘Tens of thousands’ switching out of investor loans
18 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

Australia’s biggest bank has revealed that it is experiencing a ‘massive’ influx of borrowers seeking to reclassify their loans from investor to owner-occupier as the market adjusts to ...

RateSetter reaches $10m milestone
18 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lender RateSetter has announced it has grown its overall lending volumes to more than $10 million since its official launch in November last year.

RBA yet to decide if investor crackdown is working
18 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

Conflicting signs have emerged as to what impact regulatory intervention has had on the investor market.

1.7 million Australians facing debt for life
18 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

Over half of all Australian adults are living in debt, with almost 2 million of those seeing no light at the end of the debt tunnel, according to a new survey by finder.com.au.

Macquarie given green light to acquire ANZ business
17 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose a bid by one of Australia’s biggest challenger banks to acquire a lending business from ANZ

Bank capital not enough: APRA
17 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

APRA chairman Wayne Byres has stressed that banks require "more than just plenty of capital" to be considered 'unquestionably strong'

Housing downturn coming: BIS Shrapnel
17 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

Major Australian cities are on track for a price correction due to an excess of homebuilding activity, according to BIS Shrapnel's managing director.

Chinese investors flock to non-banks
16 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

An Australian non-bank lender has recorded a surge in lending to Chinese buyers and says other non-banks are also filling a void created by the major banks.

Turnbull will 'articulate Australia’s economic challenges'
16 September 2015
mortgagebusiness

AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver is confident that new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will address Australia's economic challenges.