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Beyond Bank and South West Credit have confirmed there is only one hurdle left for their consolidation, after the majority of the credit union’s members voted yes.

Great Southern Bank has doubled its market share and lending to first-time buyers from a year earlier and signalled an uptick in broker-secured loans.

Bluestone Home Loans has filled a newly created role, leading distribution of specialised lending products, as the lender has indicated plans to expand its offerings.

Around half of consumers have indicated they would consider a green home loan if the price was right, a new survey has found.

The Mortgage Business Uncut podcast is your weekly analysis of the biggest themes shaping the Australian mortgages market.

The chief of La Trobe Financial will depart, after selling his stake in the non-bank lender to Canadian group Brookfield Asset Management.

Discover some of the top news stories impacting the mortgages space in this wrap-up for the week ending 18 March.

The ratings agency has recorded a quarterly decrease in Australian arrears, forecasting that this trend will largely continue throughout the year. 

An affordability index has tracked the largest annual rise in the amount of average income needed to repay an average mortgage, since 2010.

The Westpac Group welcomes Yianna Papanikolaou to the newly created position of chief transformation officer.