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LATEST PODCAST: Non-major rate changes, Bankwest focuses on brokers and Westpac leaves SMSF space
23 July 2018
LATEST PODCAST: Non-major rate changes, Bankwest focuses on brokers and Westpac leaves SMSF space

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

Why bank loans are so high despite the cash rate being so low
23 July 2018
Andrew Way, bank loans, cash rate, RBA, Reserve Bank of Australia

The RBA cash rate and its effect on bank rates for deposit and loan products is not an arbitrary fixture and almost never joined at the hip to the RBA cash rate.

Fitch rates Macquarie Group
20 July 2018
mortgagebusiness

Macquarie Bank Limited has received A credit ratings, but its parent company’s earnings are expected to remain “more volatile” than that of Australian retail banks. 

Analysis: Is SMSF lending on the chopping block?
19 July 2018
Question mark, SMSF lending, Westpac, AMP, David Murray

With Westpac and its subsidiaries bowing out of the SMSF lending space, the future of this niche offering is uncertain.

ANZ, NAB deny misconduct in agribusiness cases
19 July 2018
mortgagebusiness

The major banks have denied that their treatment of agribusiness customers amounted to misconduct.

LATEST PODCAST: Wayne Byres on mortgages, trusted brands and broker remuneration
16 July 2018
LATEST PODCAST: Wayne Byres on mortgages, trusted brands and broker remuneration

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

Westpac pulls out of SMSF loans
16 July 2018
Westpac bank, SMSF loans

A big four bank has announced that, by the end of this month, it will no longer offer self-managed super fund loans for new consumer or business lending.

Personal loan commitments fell by 4.5% in May
16 July 2018
mortgagebusiness

The value of total personal finance commitments fell by 4.5 per cent in May, the latest ABS data has revealed.

Housing finance sentiment ‘worst on record’: ANZ
13 July 2018
mortgagebusiness

Outlook on the availability of credit is the lowest on record and is driving a weakness in the housing market that could “increase the economy’s vulnerability to shocks”, according to ANZ

Moody’s endorses credit card lending reform
11 July 2018
Moody’s endorses credit card lending reform

The ratings agency has endorsed a proposal by ASIC to impose credit card lending limits designed to reduce debt risks and improve lending standards.