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- MARK LODGE: Are you a chief operations officer? Part 2
- JOHN PARANCHI: Staying accountable
- GREG VINCENT: The greatest time-saver for agents
- AFG announce $300m RMBS transaction
- 'Don’t bet the farm' on RMBS market: AFG
- Naylor defends bank-owned aggregators
- Two out of five loans for investment, says AFG
- CUA attacks majors over aggregator ownership
- Competition for distribution is rife: AFG
- Aggregation boss calls out disclosure concern
- Lenders locked out of aggregation panels
- Mortgage Choice delivers record profit
- Planners more trusted than brokers: CHOICE
- CUA boss slams biased aggregators
- Aggregator appoints new GM
- Mortgage Choice promotes planning arm
- Aggregation group recruiting planners
- AFG breaks investor loan record
- Brokers can’t be planners, says aggregator
- Number of boutique aggregators tipped to rise
- The lowdown on aggregators
- Choice founder to head wealth group
- Rubik confirms Mortgage Choice deal
- Boutique aggregator appoints new CEO
- Aggregator announces name change
- AFG warns of a ‘whole generation of renters’
- Aggregator aims to capture FHB market
- Mortgage Choice reaches financial planning milestone
- Choice signs up Bernie Lewis
- Record month for aggregator as volumes skyrocket
- Aggregator names new GM
- eChoice brand to replace Firstfolio
- SA lender partners with major aggregator
- Major aggregator silent on IPO reports
- AFG valued ahead of IPO
- Investors drive record result for major aggregator
- AFG snares real estate-backed mortgage group
- AFG mortgage stats reveal winners and losers
- Financial advice JVs on the rise, says aggregator
- Aggregator extends $58.4m senior debt facility
- AFG awards top brokers and digs deep for charity
- People’s Choice CEO announces retirement
- Mortgage Choice winds up online business
- Former Mortgage Choice CEO joins ASX-listed group
- Aggregator sells $125m of loan book
- People's Choice names new CEO
- People’s Choice continues support for world-class event
- eChoice to delist from ASX
- Aggregators to ‘audit’ and number brokers under ASIC regime
- Mortgage Choice questioned over share price
- Aggregation manager joins Rubik
- ‘Conditions have deteriorated’: lending curbs hit aggregator
- Major aggregator inks deal with global fintech player
- Ex-ANZ banker joins major aggregator
- Major aggregator posts strong growth amid market headwinds
- Major aggregator settles $300m RMBS deal
- Mortgage Choice chief not surprised by rate trend
- Housing boom a deliberate choice: Deloitte
- Use cash to afford deposit, says Mortgage Choice CEO
- Aggregation market too ‘mature’ to disrupt
- Aggregator sees 40% rise in settlements
- Refi boom winding down: AFG
- AFG boosts profit by 33%
- AFG marks record $350m RMBS transaction
- Aggregation ‘a very different environment today’: NAB
- Major aggregator to merge with bank
- Rumours swirl as eChoice sale reaches final stages
- AFG grows book to $140bn
- Aggregator launches new tech platform
- Mortgage Choice appoints new CEO
- Bank’s merger with mortgage aggregator awaits board approval
- Shareholders greenlight bank-aggregator merger
- Treasurer approves bank-aggregator merger
- Victoria dethroned as top choice for relocators
- Bank-aggregator reveals post-merger plans
- Bank-aggregator appoints new CFO
- Bank-aggregator loan book hits $36.9bn
- AFG prices $500m RMBS
- Mortgage Choice company secretary resigns
- Two major broker aggregators to merge
- Better Choice mortgage settlements up 50% in FY19
- LATEST PODCAST: How satisfied are brokers with their aggregators?
- Is it time to co-own your Aggregator?
- Better Choice updates VOI, e-signature policy
- AFG prices $700m RMBS
- LATEST PODCAST: Aggregation consolidation
- Digital mortgages is a balancing act: aggregator
- Yodlee becomes latest CDR recipient
- LATEST PODCAST: Aggregation group changes
- AFG Securities upsizes RMBS transaction
- BNK projects 42% profit rise
- PEXA travelling towards $3.3bn float in June
- DAIDEC launches AI home loan processing tool
- Credit industry faces higher ASIC levies
- Former CBA exec launches brokerage
- Finsure records 22% rise in brokers
- REA Group profits rise amid strong resi market
- New bank formed after RADI granted
- Big four customer complaints drop
- REA records 35% revenue growth after broker acquisition
- How financial data aggregation and digitisation are elevating mortgages
- Aussie reveals map of nation’s more affordable suburbs
- BNK offloads aggregator business
- BNK posts quarterly growth ahead of strategic review update
- YBR outlines growth strategy, flags app launch
- Lendi Group appoints new head of brand
- Finsure announces new CEO
- AFG CFO steps down
- REA mortgage settlements lift in FY22
- Borrowers reviewing mortgages in droves following rate hikes
- Non-Bank fintech Lender Funding.com.au sees record growth with need for bridging loans continuing to grow
- Major broker loses third-party heavyweights
- Your guide to starting your own brokerage
- Your guide to building profitable referral networks
- Has financial advice become a liability for brokerages?
- FHBs offered monthly LMI option: Resi
- Borrowers are feeling “undervalued” by lenders, aggregator says
- Broker boost fuels MA Financial FY22 result
- Brokers play a vital role as customers feel the pinch
- Resi secures expanded funding line
- Lendi plans to write 1 in 10 home loans
- Connective home loan portfolio up 25%
- Industry leaders take part in Vinnies CEO Sleepout
- In Memoriam: Mick McClure, 1953–2023
- YBR settled $4bn in 4Q23
- Top brokers revealed at Australian Broking Awards 2023
- Major brokerage announces plans to delist
- Finalists unveiled for Women in Finance Awards 2023
- Tic:Toc rebrands to Tiimely Home
- MORTGAGE AND FINANCE LEADER: The lessons Greg Pennells learned in founding 2 aggregation groups
- Single home owners dwindle amid rising mortgage rates: Lendi
- What’s next for Connective?
- Spotlight: How Aussie is reimaging the role of the broker
- How CommBank is supporting women in finance
- Average mortgage size up in March quarter: AFG
- Delayed home buyers looking to enter property market in 2024
- Nearly 4 in 5 Australians are making cuts to pay mortgages
- Brokers break quarterly record in lodgements
- Aggregator’s appointments to ‘drive technological innovation’
- Fixed rate and refinancing trends brokers should expect in FY25
- Finsure eyes growth through asset finance boost
- Bendigo Bank brings another aggregator onboard
- LMG to help brokers secure self-employed clients via training initiative
- Finsure partners with Wealth Street
- AFG reports record broker recruitment
- Aggregator reports surge in commercial settlements
- Divergence between aggregators and broker sentiments
- Uptain joins Finsure’s lending panel
- MFAA drives home the importance of brokers in Senate inquiry
- Broking firm raises $360k for charity
- Big 4 lose market share to non-major lenders
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- Govt acts on FSI vertical integration recommendations
- SADHANA SMILES: Show me the data
- How to consistently write in excess of $1 million in fees: Part 6 - Support team
- Building an impressive personal brand on a backpacker budget!
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- La Trobe issues RMBS offer
- Bloomberg launches RMBS analysis tool
- Bank of England to rein in risky lending
- RBA warns banks on lending standards
- Bendigo calls out capital funding risk
- Citi to pay US$1bn in RMBS claims
- Lender calls for fair mortgage competition
- Countdown to new UK lending laws
- The lending standards' cycle
- Legislate on ownership disclosure, says lender
- The challenge to regulators in the non-bank lending space
- Macquarie mortgages on rapid growth path
- 'Macquarie doesn’t have a say': AFG
- SME lending 'dead as doornail'
- Resimac completes State Custodians acquisition
- ANZ grows loan book and profits
- Big opportunity in third-party business lending: BMM
- Coles could make a big success with mortgages
- YBR issues statement on Vow acquisition
- Westpac grows loan book by 3pc
- Lenders tipped to break with cash rate
- YBR closer to Vow acquisition
- Pressure mounts for majors: KPMG
- Clawbacks and cash offers in NZ
- Mortgage lending falls in March
- Lenders react to digital threat
- Genworth comments on IPO success
- Two majors see growth in brand value
- Convergence to lift broker disclosure: CBA
- National Credit Act: when is a loan transaction regulated?
- Home loans 'not just a product': Sirianni
- NAB to sell UK loan portfolio
- ING DIRECT cautions lenders on customer analytics
- Stargate acquired by software giant
- Macquarie book to double in two years
- Adelaide Bank adds to housing affordability debate
- Stargate acquisition to aid convergence
- RBA spotlight on predatory lending
- Housing finance remains flat
- FCA praises interest-only mortgage commitments
- Wealth products to penetrate broker channel
- Majors will influence FSI, consumers say
- YBR secures CBA funding for acquisitions
- TSB float creates options for NAB
- New lenders to enter market
- More mortgages for fewer brokers in the UK
- More innovative products needed: poll
- Queensland lender imprisoned
- Investor lending makes regulators nervous
- SMEs look to P2P lending
- Credit Suisse downplays Macquarie mortgage growth
- La Trobe Financial sees future without trail
- Major bank relaunches first-year trail
- Two-pronged attack puts NAB ahead
- The correlation between dwelling values and housing finance data
- Commonwealth FP inquiry could cost all majors
- UK lending limits spark local fears
- ‘No evil in commissions’ says lawyer
- Lender fined in Federal Court
- CBA to review advice failures
- ING DIRECT looks to third-party with super product
- YBR acquires Resi
- YBR share price steady despite acquisition
- Potential $500 billion open to boutique reverse mortgage lenders
- SMSFs drive commercial mortgage demand
- Non-bank lending on the rise
- New product to replace ‘flawed’ reverse mortgages
- Murray highlights key SME lending issues
- Specialist loans do satisfy responsible lending requirements
- ANZ says broker ‘ownership’ not in sight
- Business confidence eases over June: NAB
- Software giant acquires UK mortgage administrator
- CBA to launch mortgage app
- Banks slam APRA lending guidance
- Mortgage repayments ‘unsustainable’ if rates rise
- Is the bank branch headed the same way as the thermal fax machine?
- NAB to sell UK loan portfolio
- UK lending still needs work, says regulator
- Major bank signs SMSF lending guidelines
- ‘We can disrupt and we are’, says CBA exec
- Online lender awarded for best value
- NAB still plagued by UK operations
- Heritage Bank lending recovers
- Half of Westpac mortgages for investment
- Consumer appetite for major lenders increasing
- CBA chief announces executive changes
- Finance sector leads strong business confidence in July
- Suncorp Bank lending up five per cent
- Former RAMS manager commences new role
- No margin squeeze for CBA after record profit
- Murray Inquiry creates ‘confusion’ for CBA
- La Trobe Financial appoints new executive
- Lender warns of ‘teaser’ rates
- Asian growth helps ANZ deliver strong profit
- NAB reports $1.7bn profit for Q3
- Free financial planning diploma launched
- Former Westpac exec joins ANZ Board
- Home lending increasingly competitive, says RBA
- Investment boom opens new gap in lending
- Is short-term lending worth considering?
- La Trobe changes SMSF loan terms
- Non-bank launches specialist lending program
- Lender breaks four per cent home loan barrier
- Lending exec resurfaces at planning firm
- RBA flags ‘systemic risk’ of home lending
- Want a 2.8 per cent mortgage?
- EY calls for broker commission reform
- Banks lend support to financial literacy week
- Majors, MFAA defend vertical integration
- Non-majors forced to write riskier loans
- Analysis: The future of broker commissions
- The future of mortgage broking
- Loan serviceability buffers questioned
- CUA takes on the majors
- NAB at risk from Scottish independence
- Major brokerage to launch planning arm
- Secrets to Macquarie mortgage success revealed
- A broker-owned union is the answer to big bank dominance
- Brokers to benefit from lender cash giveaways
- ASIC gives verdict on low-doc lenders
- Lenders on notice over interest-only loans
- Vow Financial grows commercial team
- Online lender awarded cheapest home loan
- Deloitte weighs in on commissions debate
- Analysis: Macquarie’s meteoric rise
- RBA close to curbing investor lending
- Investor lending grows twice as fast as owner-occupied
- Investor lending restraints announced by year end
- Mortgage news from the US
- Lending curbs will shrink LMI market
- Suncorp strengthens broker proposition
- Lender dismisses investor loan hype
- APRA approves lender ‘bank’ status
- UK-style lending curbs ‘better’ for Aussie market
- BOQ refuses ‘race to the bottom’ on mortgage pricing
- NAB flags 14 per cent fall in profits
- Investec acquisition boosts BOQ mortgage profitability
- Housing finance stagnates as RBA jawboning takes effect
- Brokerage 'not surprised' by commission failings
- Lending curbs are nothing new, says APRA
- Non-majors tipped as FSI ‘winners’
- Lending curbs will have ‘grinding down effect’: Tarbey
- Analysis: Will Murray change mortgage lending?
- AFG appoints head of asset finance
- UK: Supermarket launches 90 per cent LVR mortgages
- Finance remains most confident sector: report
- NAB closer to Great Western sale after pricing IPO
- RateCity launches mortgage report
- Falling dollar won’t hurt lenders: HSBC
- CBA reputation ‘tarnished’: Narev
- Keating calls for SMSF lending curbs
- RBA sheds no new light on lending worries
- Sterling Publishing acquires leading legal media brand
- Online lender adds free ‘value pack’ to home loans
- ASIC crackdown reins in lenders
- Lender launches 97 per cent LVR mortgages
- Government rejects calls for CBA royal commission
- Stargate acquisition helps net industry’s biggest players
- ASIC report boosts broker confidence in low-doc lending
- Lenders must justify serviceability buffers: Deloitte
- Global lender relocates to WA
- Broker commissions 'not important', borrowers say
- Non-majors confident of FSI mortgage changes
- Specialist lenders outgrow tarnished reputation
- Four myths of specialist lending
- ‘Game-changing’ equity release product to launch next year
- Lender announces new broker strategy
- RBA figures strengthen case for lending curbs
- NAB-owned brokers gain market share
- ANZ warns Murray ahead of FSI final report
- La Trobe Financial appoints executives
- Major bank sees surge in new lending
- CBA review scheme ‘superior’ to Macquarie, says lawyer
- ANZ chief slams negative gearing
- Credit growth overpowers margin squeeze
- ASIC updates responsible lending guidance
- Genworth backs APRA lending guidance
- Decimal launches SaaS solution for brokers and advisers
- La Trobe Financial appoints VP
- Investor lending still hot
- Online lender retains cheapest rates
- ANZ appoints two new C-suite execs
- Majors could be forced to rethink branding
- Lender cuts rates, upgrades platforms
- The 'risk' of SMSF borrowing
- Mortgage group acquires BMC loan book
- CBA to correct ‘mistakes’
- ASIC appoints expert to monitor CBA financial planning
- Lender boosts RMBS issue to half a billion
- KPMG highlights significance of SME lending
- Regional launches new banking alliance
- Westpac wins out on China deal
- Free trade to boost CBA’s China expansion
- CBA loses top customer satisfaction foothold
- RBA changes its tune on investor lending
- La Trobe wins at overseas awards
- Failed lender overlooked risks of loan deal
- Industry polled on investor lending triggers
- Banks put pressure on Murray at eleventh hour
- Lender acquires $570m loan book
- RBA report exposes key lending risks
- Rethinking financial literacy
- Citi responds to AFG's Murray submission
- Borrowers prefer non-majors for refinancing
- APRA informs Parliament of lending curbs
- Lender alliance won’t dent the big four
- ASIC takes action against non-bank lender
- New SME lending platform threatens majors
- Best rates merely an ‘entry point’ for non-majors
- FSI calls for ‘competitive neutrality’ among lenders
- Packer and Murdoch invest in new lender
- CoreLogic RP Data backs new foreign buyer recommendations
- New MFAA chief to fight for SMSF lending
- Non-bank launches insurance group
- Industry split over lending curbs: poll
- MyState launches fourth RMBS issue
- Aussie John welcomes lending investigation
- Packer-backed lender welcomes FSI proposals
- Industry bodies clash over SMSF lending
- Majors could be forced into credit reporting
- Australian Unity acquires $80 million mortgage funds
- NAB sells £1.2 billion of high risk mortgages
- Commercial lender announces new appointment
- Aussie launches mentoring program
- Mortgages ‘not moving fast enough’ says lender
- ANZ: ‘We are at a tipping point’
- NAB and ANZ reserve judgement on risk weighting
- Smaller lenders cry foul over ‘anti-competitive conduct’
- Why I write 100pc of my loans with non-bank lenders
- ‘Vested interests’ blamed for proposed SMSF lending ban
- CBA tie-up guarantees broker trail: John Symond
- Michael Russell eyes finance and real estate roles
- Weak lending figures could point to rate cut
- Majors eye mortgage referral networks: report
- Will P2P lending threaten mortgages?
- The final nail in the coffin for SMSF lending?
- Lenders eye concentration risk
- Investors turn to specialist lenders
- Non-majors dominate rate cutting
- Former ING exec to head NAB’s UK lender
- WA lender to merge with major mutual bank
- APRA lending spotlight to aid housing correction
- This new year is one to watch in finance
- Poor productivity continues to inhibit GDP growth
- Majors revise rate forecasts as oil price bites
- Lenders should be more consistent
- Westpac to retain Fiji and PNG businesses after divestiture
- Westpac announces new appointment
- Banks exceed APRA risk limit on investor lending
- Three cities set real estate records
- New Westpac boss gets straight to it
- ASIC targets first lender in mortgage market probe
- Regional bank launches Australian-first business app
- Macquarie strengthens distribution with YBR acquisitions
- Online lender undercuts the majors
- NAB margin squeezed by 'intense competition'
- Google launches mortgage calculator
- NZ big banks maintain lending growth
- Brokers flock to new lender
- Borrowers warned about new peer-to-peer lenders
- FHB error could aggravate investor lending issue
- Online lender doubles demand after cutting rates
- CBA reveals mortgage distribution plans
- Why brokers shouldn’t fear peer-to-peer lending
- AFG responds to acquisition rumours
- Specialist lender makes 40-point rate cut
- Suncorp posts 15 per cent profit growth
- Specialist lenders underutilised: poll
- CBA reveals home loan digitisation plans
- ANZ boss acknowledges 'tougher' environment
- Lenders to benefit from new Veda service
- RBA to assess impact of APRA lending guidance
- Non-bank lenders need to get on the front foot
- Govt keeping 'an open mind' on SMSF lending
- NAB: 'We didn’t get it right the first time'
- Online lender makes second round of rate cuts
- Westpac exit could hold silver lining for Genworth
- Non-majors outpaced big four growth in 2014
- FHBs ‘inflating’ investor lending concerns: CEO
- Westpac home finance manager banned
- Non-major lifts margin by 20bps
- Investor lending comes off the boil
- Analysis: Margin squeeze forcing consolidation
- Assistant treasurer ‘concerned’ about SMSF lending
- Costello defends SMSF lending
- CBA names new group executive
- Westpac: RBA to cut rates in April or May
- Will an open-minded government keep SMSF lending alive?
- Risk of SMSF lending issues is ‘remote’
- Housing finance tipped to fall
- CBA appoints new director
- ASIC investigates NAB breach report shortfall
- CUA lending jumps 75 per cent
- Special report: Comparison websites and mortgage lending
- Australians unaware of how big four control non-majors
- Lending market set to welcome Australia's biggest retail group
- Lender clarifies referral relationship following ASIC probe
- ASIC puts lending industry on notice
- Lender grows BDM team
- Commercial lender opens Melbourne office
- Matching the right clients with debtor finance funding options
- APRA ‘ready to take action’ on mortgage lending
- Wide Bay to begin trading as a bank
- Virgin to relaunch home loans
- Specialist lender makes another appointment
- The future of banking and financial services
- Westpac eyes forex opportunity in broker channel
- ASIC launches home insurance website
- La Trobe hires former broker
- Association offers alternative to SMSF lending ban
- LJ Hooker launches buyer’s agency
- ING Direct launches loyalty program for borrowers
- Lender weighs in on negative gearing debate
- ANZ case to reach High Court
- Home lending up 10pc in 12 months
- Suncorp Group names new CEO
- Mortgage market hungry for white label lending
- Lender raises fraud concerns
- US lender enters Australian market
- ANZ to repay financial planning clients
- Repayment history indicators now appearing on credit files
- La Trobe bolsters executive team
- Another finance and property group targets Brisbane
- Westpac still confident of May rate cut
- APRA reveals impact of regulation on lending
- Suncorp awarded for innovative mortgage product
- Digital disruptors already impacting Australian lending
- The impact of P2P lending on banks
- SME confidence steady: NAB
- YBR and Homeloans comment on merger reports
- Westpac appoints new director
- ANZ to sell off $8.3bn lending business
- Westpac lending concerns ‘overdone’
- Big four bank boosts mobile lending network
- Pepper makes another international acquisition
- Westpac acknowledges broker success
- Nation’s largest lender under margin pressure
- Slow uptake of comprehensive credit reporting
- Finance and property group shows tech credentials
- APRA right to ‘turn up the dial’ on lending standards
- Tax incentives would encourage more foreigners
- Lender completes $1bn RMBS deal
- ANZ pledges $3bn to growing SMEs
- Lender offers new SME opportunity
- Coastal communities post impressive capital gains
- ANZ issues first ‘green’ bonds
- Lender unveils 3.49pc fixed rate
- Investor lending changes insufficient: Moody’s
- Lending reforms could delay next rate rise
- La Trobe prices $250m RMBS issue
- Lenders react to APRA investor crackdown
- ANZ green bond priced at $600m
- CBA bolsters China strategy with RMB licence
- Rate decision 'accommodative', says RBA
- Govt puts spotlight on P2P lending regulation
- APRA lending crackdown ‘bearing fruit’
- ANZ appoints corporate and commercial director
- Beware of upfront fees
- Acquisitions drive big growth for YBR
- NZ central bank tightens investor lending rules
- Genworth renews contract with NAB Broker
- Liberty helps secure $30m for online lending platform
- Westpac completes major restructure
- Investor pricing action not positive, says non-bank
- Westpac to sell down stake in investment firm
- Macquarie to refund over 2,000 clients
- Suncorp moved to pre-empt APRA crackdown
- The lowdown on the banks’ changes to investor lending rules
- NAB names Flavell replacement
- NAB non-exec director set to retire
- Investor lending caps a case of history repeating
- P2P lender considers stock market listing
- ANZ welcomes retail life insurance reforms
- FHBs the focus of radical new plan by lender
- ThinCats reveals new commission structure
- Personal finance least searched industry online
- ANZ extends presence overseas
- NAB investment encouraged by new report
- Suncorp’s loan book repositioning reflected in new ratings
- Investment lending slows as non-majors gain market share
- NAB plans UK subsidiary sale
- House prices forecast to fall in seven capital cities
- Real estate group to launch broking arm
- Suncorp picks up international award
- CBA lifts limits on up-front vals
- Housing finance falls to 21-month low
- APRA urges majors to strengthen capital
- Westpac completes $91m sale of overseas operations
- Grexit risk 'muted': NAB
- Lender rebrands, partners with trade giant
- CBA defends 'slow' scandal response
- Macquarie records near-50pc loan growth
- ANZ targets business clients in India
- Macquarie plays role in major real estate consolidation
- Westpac receives Aaa credit rating
- ANZ appoints former McDonalds CEO
- NAB flags ‘worrying’ SMSF lending trends
- The talent shortage in mortgage broking
- AFG partners with online lender
- Suncorp posts billion-dollar profit
- ANZ releases app for mobile lenders
- ANZ plans $3bn capital raise
- Finding your way in commercial lending
- Accounting firm to finance SMEs
- NAB profit jumps as bad debts fall
- Bendigo reveals investor loan strategy
- Access to finance proves challenging for exporters
- ANZ establishes tech panel
- ASIC backs fintech industry with new committee
- Bendigo alliance to boost NSW footprint
- CBA mortgages underperform
- Former ANZ executive poached by Findex
- Aaa rating reflects CBA’s credit strength: Moody’s
- NAB Broker inks new settlements deal
- Westpac needs to raise $3 billion in capital: Morningstar
- ANZ chief singles out strong mortgage performance
- SAI Global to expand services following NAB Broker deal
- CEO says lending curbs will rescue run-off
- ASIC probe finds lending standards fall short
- Bibby launches trade finance solution
- Sydney and Melbourne among global commercial ‘hotspots’
- AMP delivers solid mortgage growth, increases margin
- SMEs grow loan volumes for Interim Finance
- WA bank defies slow market, boosts lending growth
- APRA figures support lending crackdown
- APRA issues fresh warning on home lending
- NAB reclassifies household data
- Fannie Mae launches lower income mortgage
- European SME lender lands in Sydney
- AFG sees surge in commercial mortgages
- What is financial literacy really about?
- Auswide boosts mortgage approvals, lifts margin
- NAB issues firm warning on foreign investment
- Market conditions create perfect storm for risky lending
- Analysis: the new wave of personal lending
- Top economist slams APRA lending crackdown
- Mutual beats the majors on customer satisfaction
- Rate discount product gains traction
- Westpac unveils growth strategy
- RBA warns against poor lending practices
- Medcraft pushes for product intervention powers
- National growth beginning to stall: NAB
- Specialist lender prices $250m RMBS transaction
- The rise and rise of alternative lending: what you need to know as a broker
- European lender working with brokers
- ANZ completes $720m SPP offer
- Investor lending ticks up in July
- More M&A deals expected from specialist lenders
- Non-majors win over customers
- ANZ chief plays down Asia exposure
- Macquarie to launch new products
- On the Record: Tim Lawless, CoreLogic RP Data
- Why don’t we budget?
- Debtor finance the ‘tool of choice’ for struggling SMEs
- Former NAB execs unite to take on the majors
- ANZ expands retail footprint in China
- ATO significantly revises SMSF lending figures
- ASIC suspends lender’s credit licence
- Regulator 'not backing down' on lending crackdown
- Deals we didn’t do this month – and insights as to why
- RBA to cut cash rate to 1.5%, says ANZ
- APRA crackdown forces SMSF lenders out of the market
- HSBC stops lending to new investors
- On the Record: Brendan O’Donnell, Liberty Network Services
- Fed Court finds lender breached NCCP
- CBA-owned start-up to disrupt credit reporting
- Efforts to curb risky lending may not work, says IMF
- ANZ grows retail footprint in Asia
- Success of APRA lending crackdown ‘overstated’
- La Trobe to grow Asian footprint
- Director jailed over $13m Westpac loan fraud
- Suncorp appoints new director
- McGrath acquires franchisee ahead of potential ASX listing
- Hiring a finance broker: the onboarding process
- Macquarie completes $400m capital raising
- Mortgage switching skewing housing finance data: economist
- Lending changes to continue as banks face 'delicate' job
- Turnbull supports Australia’s growth as finance hub
- New lending platform to service SMEs
- Lender on track to post $8 billion profit
- NAB's credit ratings remain unchanged
- Report highlights demand for lending professionals
- Westpac move ‘credit-positive’: Moody’s
- Vow launches new digital platform
- Westpac completes institutional entitlement offer
- NAB to evaluate impact of branches
- CBA to repay $7.6 million
- Lender records 72% surge in pre-tax profit
- Regulators ‘alert’ to non-bank investor lending
- Competition drove lending standards to ‘horribly low level’: APRA
- Busting five myths about fintech
- Credit industry on track to improving lending decisions
- ATO confirms key dates for new SMSF lending rules
- FlexiGroup expands NZ footprint with acquisition
- Risks flagged as banks exit SMSF lending
- NAB's investor loan growth falls sharply
- Macquarie mortgage growth drives strong profit result
- Westpac reveals impact of mortgage repricing
- Adelaide Bank hikes rates on investor and owner-occupied loans
- Suncorp grows mortgages but records fall in SME lending
- Weaker housing sentiment ‘not all negative’: NAB
- Lending scams on the rise, says ASIC
- ‘Pockets of pressure’ emerging in Australian lending
- CBA posts $2.4 billion first quarter profit
- What bank branches will look like in 10 years
- Nobel Laureate to headline major international finance conference
- Investment lending slumps in September
- AMP Bank to re-enter SMSF lending space by year end
- Rate hike to ease ‘considerable pressure’ on margins: non-major
- ANZ to repay customers $13 million
- Peer-to-peer lender joins ARCA
- Lender increases rates by up to 20 basis points
- Listed lender records 47% settlement growth
- Westpac completes retail shortfall bookbuild
- Global challenges could mean lower interest rates: Kolenda
- Owner-occupier lending overtakes investor
- CBA says interest rates ‘not a major factor’
- Four ways you can build your persistence
- ANZ makes senior management change
- CBA to continue innovating ‘at the edge’
- CBA to refund $80 million after failing to apply mortgage benefits
- La Trobe credit fund passes $1 billion milestone
- Low rates 'the new normal': Kolenda
- Is Sydney really in a housing bubble?
- Factoring leads post-GFC recovery of debtor finance market
- ANZ launches new internet banking site
- Lending officer cops permanent ban
- Home loan repricing ‘unsustainable’, says J.P. Morgan
- P2P lenders to offer mortgage products
- Why personality is the key to ongoing success
- La Trobe Financial picks up prestigious title
- New lender partners with thousands of brokers
- Report points to tighter finances this Christmas
- Business conditions steady in November: NAB
- Former Macquarie boss joins RBA
- How to conduct a difficult performance conversation
- Lending curbs having ‘dramatic impact’ on property market
- Non-major resumes SMSF lending
- ACCC approval to ‘level playing field’ for lenders
- Improved outlook for listed lender
- Bank inks deal with P2P lender
- NAB names new group executive
- FIRB approves Veda acquisition
- Former Westpac manager cops permanent ban
- Is a payday loan ever a good idea?
- Ponzi scheme couple committed for trial
- ANZ names acting CFO
- Non-major lenders announce merger
- APRA gives early Christmas gift to non-majors
- Tax considerations when selling a business
- Analysis: Lending curbs around the world
- ANZ’s Mike Smith looks back on 8 years of leadership
- Automation threatening finance jobs
- Deflation fears likely to ease: NAB
- Macquarie leads M&A activity for 2015
- Investor lending slumps in December
- CUA shines light on personal lending
- Bibby to lose brand presence following acquisition
- Former ANZ adviser cops 10-year ban
- Suncorp appoints new treasurer
- ANZ report highlights new investment hotspot
- Top business publisher acquires My Business
- ATO 'very concerned' over SMSF lending
- ANZ rejects 'toxic culture' allegations
- NAB prices Clydesdale IPO
- Major bank reacts to ASIC lending concerns
- NAB predicts three Fed rate hikes for 2016
- ANZ exec steps down
- Small businesses being ‘outperformed by a significant margin’
- Sterling Publishing set to launch new platform for SMSF trustees and investors
- ANZ announces major executive changes
- NAB to focus on core markets following UK exit
- P2P lender opens its books
- Record-low rates driving demand for lending roles
- BMW Finance pays $391,000 for NCCP breach
- Vic Supreme Court approves NAB demerger
- Delivering a superior banking experience
- ANZ raises rates on business loans
- Genworth profits fall 29% as lending changes hurt LMI demand
- Lender penalised for overcharging consumers
- Penalised lender responds to ASIC action
- CBA increasingly reliant on brokers
- New platform launched for SMSF trustees and investors
- CBA records 28% rise in bad loans
- ASIC tipped to launch rate-rigging case against major bank
- ANZ launches mobile payments app
- Suncorp expands mortgage distribution footprint
- APRA eliminates 'aggressive lending practices'
- Association throws support behind penalised lender
- CBA forecasts ‘volatile year’ for real estate
- ANZ chief flags economic headwinds and rising funding costs
- CBA receives AAA rating for mortgage bonds
- NAB group finance exec resigns
- Macquarie snaps up loan book from ASX-listed lender
- NAB appoints new director
- P2P lending no threat to mortgages
- Westpac reveals new rates
- NAB changes tone on Fed rate hike
- ANZ mortgage bonds assigned AAA rating
- Government launches fintech advisory group
- Lender focused on next growth phase
- European lending rates risky for Aussie RMBS
- Google boss joins ANZ
- ANZ supports start-ups with new platform
- Westpac mortgage bonds receive top rating
- Australia to outpace US in alternative lending
- 'Angry' bank customers flock to smaller lenders
- Going beyond mobile banking
- ANZ fined for NCCP breach
- Skills shortage to drive finance salaries higher
- Lenders announce rate cuts
- CBA confirms rate changes
- Former bank CEO joins P2P lender
- Fintech challengers and banking enablers
- AMP acquires MoneyBrilliant
- Former Westpac CEO to join ING
- Lender voices concerns over ‘disappointing’ CCR adoption
- ANZ committed to improving financial literacy
- Lenders to regain hunger for investors
- Banks' mortgage appetite leaves $20b hole in finance market
- Online lender to target brokers, accountants
- La Trobe takes out international award
- APRA finds ‘surprising’ disparity in mortgage lending
- ANZ fine ‘up to a court’, says ASIC
- UK lenders question calls for more capital
- SMEs reliant on personal finances for funding
- YBR announces another acquisition
- Majors' mortgage satisfaction slumps
- Regulator warns of P2P lending risks
- CBA’s business model ‘not sustainable’
- Listed lender announces ‘landmark transaction’
- RBA warns of ‘aggressive expansion’ by foreign lenders
- ANZ to pay $5 million to customers
- ANZ announces lending changes
- Capital requirements to create shift in construction finance sector
- CBA recognised for sustainable branches
- Senior Suncorp exec resigns
- ANZ Pacific chief announces retirement
- ASIC penalises Westpac financier for NCCP breach
- Westpac to defend rate-rigging allegations
- ANZ appoints regional executive
- La Trobe’s P2P offering receives ‘superior’ rating
- Suncorp finalises $750m debt issue
- Westpac transforms home loan book
- Drop in consumer sentiment ‘disappointing’: Westpac
- ANZ names new chief for Indonesia
- Virgin Money unveils new local mortgage product
- Bank merger in play as lenders take on the big four
- Lenders hike variable rates
- CBA announces mortgage changes
- P2P lender hits $1m in interest payments
- Westpac announces significant lending changes
- Westpac tightens mortgage lending for foreign buyers
- How data fuels banking’s digital transformation
- Fintech provider to launch white-label offering
- Westpac boss warns of rising bad loans
- ANZ profits fall 24%
- NAB slashes rates by 25 basis points
- ANZ admits to difficulties over non-resident mortgages
- Westpac’s asset quality to ‘deteriorate’
- Lenders join rate cut chorus
- ANZ says investor loans are ‘lower risk’
- Lending changes curb NAB’s mortgage growth
- ANZ results show continued pressure on credit quality
- More lenders move on rates
- Macquarie grows mortgage book by 16%
- Lenders continue to cut rates
- Loan impairment hits five-year high for CBA
- Macquarie well positioned for uncertain future: Moody’s
- Business environment still 'favourable' despite slump: NAB
- YBR acquires mortgage manager
- NAB restricts lending to foreigners
- Small business lending reaches record high for banks
- ANZ axes hundreds of jobs amid ‘low lending growth’
- UK regulator releases responsible lending findings
- Budget too optimistic about productivity, says KPMG
- Aussie fund manager bets big on P2P lending
- Lenders still 'dialling down' on SMSF market
- ANZ appoints chief financial officer
- Teachers Mutual stops lending to investors
- Banks announce raft of lending changes
- Listed lender has firm eye on global growth and innovation
- Branson’s commission question and the birth of Virgin mortgages
- Suncorp reveals new mortgage rates
- Non-majors lead for mortgage satisfaction
- Former ANZ tech boss joins Suncorp
- Lender caught over-charging consumers
- AMP Bank exits non-resident lending
- Former Suncorp chief joins Genworth board
- Non-bank lender receives fresh funding
- Suncorp unveils unified business model
- YBR completes acquisition of Loan Avenue
- More lending curbs on the horizon as prices bounce back
- La Trobe completes $250m RMBS deal
- Westpac makes significant lending changes
- CBA director joins OnDeck as operations chief
- Lenders unveil pricing changes
- Salary increases ‘limited’ in finance sector
- Experts name best mortgage lenders
- CBA sets record straight on ‘mortgage war’
- CBA names new director
- Developers given a lifeline as lender reveals new offering
- ANZ appoints risk expert
- Fintech player enters SME lending market
- Suncorp exec to join CBA
- The lowdown on foreign investor taxes
- Suncorp leads region for customer experience
- New lending platforms here to stay: ASIC
- NAB changes home loan policy
- Business conditions ‘unwavering’, says NAB
- Former Westpac CEO joins Rubik
- Major developer sees 'dangerous' impact of lending curbs
- Finance jobs tick up in second quarter
- Brexit had ‘little impact’ on Australian confidence: ANZ
- Westpac completes $1.7 billion capital raising
- Commercial lending overtakes home loan growth
- Centrepoint announces funding agreement with NAB
- Alternative lenders at risk in battle for customer data
- Mortgage managers ‘crunched’ in new lending landscape
- La Trobe recognised on world stage
- NAB closes $1.5bn capital raising
- Investor lending bounces back
- UK headed for 'shallow recession': NAB
- CBA changes automated valuations
- Two lenders reduce rates
- Seven lenders unite to stir big bank complacency
- Lenders announce LVR changes
- Lender warns of heavy write-offs
- Australian investors hit hard as lending landscape changes
- Fintech breakthrough sees launch of new lender
- Nation’s largest credit union overhauls lending criteria
- NAB announces business restructure
- Analysis: Westpac’s new online lending investment
- Lenders to offer same-day mortgages
- ASIC bans former ANZ adviser
- Westpac continues to shed investor loans
- Non-resident, apartment lending crackdown continues
- Finance among nation's most confident sectors
- Non-bank inks $100m lending deal with banking giant
- Westpac announces NZ$250 million capital raising
- Former Xero boss joins non-bank lender
- Analysis: Majors under attack over meagre rate cuts
- Non-majors reduce variable rates
- Macquarie business lending outperforms home loans
- Bank will focus on 'higher quality' mortgage lending, says CEO
- Bank tipped to acquire non-bank lender
- ANZ appoints chief economist
- DomaCom teams up with peer-to-peer lender
- Heritage Bank lending down by $60m
- Women in Finance finalists revealed
- Listed lender cuts rates by up to 65 basis points
- Westpac funds 'game changing' new white-label product
- CBA: direct loans 'as good as they are going to get'
- University launches banking service
- NAB warns of more economic risk on the way
- Why are lenders continuing to tighten up policies?
- NAB says Aussie businesses are more innovative than they realise
- Boost in new home lending
- APRA tipped to tighten investor lending even further
- ANZ to raise $1bn with new hybrid
- Free credit score service launched for small businesses
- Broker blasts ‘smoke and mirrors’ of online lending
- Bank resumes investor lending, launches 98% LVR loan
- A look at mortgage lending across the states and territories
- Lessons from the UK commercial lending market
- RBA ‘retains strong easing bias’, says ANZ
- Lender sees billion-dollar settlement spike ahead of merger
- Non-bank posts record year of lending
- CBA is ‘stifling competition’, says Acorns
- Porges steps down as chairman of marketplace lender
- CBA pays out $7.6m in compensation
- Bank launches new mortgage offering
- 10-year ban for former lending director
- Macquarie fined $400,000 over van Eyk fund
- Major lender sounds warning on housing market
- ANZ extends Apple Pay and Android Pay to another half a million cardholders
- Listed lender posts 171% surge in revenue
- Specialist lender signs sports sponsorship deal
- ANZ to refund $28.8m in fees
- NAB on the hunt for new execs
- ANZ reshuffles management as COO steps down
- Regional home loan arrears outpace cities
- Sharp housing finance decline no cause for alarm
- CBA pays $180K in penalties
- ASIC: Responsible lending in mortgage industry improving
- Record lending lifts mutual lender’s earnings by 8.7%
- Lending change to ‘fuel surge in SME owners’
- ANZ: cash rate set to hold
- Suncorp announces new leadership team appointments
- Housing commencements reach record high
- New software helps lenders negotiate real-time deals
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- Beyond Bank partners with fintech lending platform
- Satisfaction in big four banks' home loans drops
- ING DIRECT launches home and contents insurance
- ASIC bans former ANZ-aligned adviser
- Lending standards will save us from property crash, says funder
- CBA appoints new chairman
- Investor lending rebounds in August
- ASIC updates market on CommInsure probe
- APRA urged to act on FSI recommendations
- NAB’s $2bn capital injection ‘another positive’
- Major cities may see off-the-plan purchases fail
- Marginal improvement in housing affordability: HIA
- Lender announces discounted home loan rates
- Rentals remain ‘fairly stable’ across most cities
- Consumer confidence on marginal ‘upward trend’
- Mortgage lending on APRA radar amid ‘heightened risks’
- Chinese group acquires mortgage insurer
- Lending curbs slammed amid ‘significant risks’ in investor housing
- Peer lending surges as investors dodge banks
- NAB restores home loan volume growth to system levels
- Analysis: Is APRA about to curb lending again?
- Non-bank lender appoints new director
- CBA renews LMI deal
- NAB recruits 338 brokers in 12 months
- ANZ to sell its Australian wealth business
- Lender’s self-employed mortgages rise by more than a third
- Major bank pulls back on mortgage lending
- ASIC announces payday lending changes
- Group home loans and syndicates on the rise, says CBA
- Brokerage aims to make commercial lending more transparent
- Porges resigns from marketplace lender
- CCR offering lenders more holistic view of customers
- CBA posts $2.4bn profit in first quarter
- Mining towns and lending curbs weigh on mortgage insurance
- SME lender flags ‘negative shift’ in borrowings
- Lender appoints new CEO - 2016
- ‘We’re putting things right’, says CBA
- Non-majors introduce Apple Pay
- Asian investors fund local lender in bullish developer play
- APRA urged to ‘intensify’ investor lending crackdown
- Getting to the truth via credit repair
- Perpetual launches ‘groundbreaking’ mortgage platform
- Global lender opens banking business in Australia
- Short-term lender raises $33.5m in funding round
- Housing on RBA “wall of worry”, says CBA economist
- US lender confirms third-party plans
- Specialist lender prices non-conforming RMBS
- ME launches new internet banking platform
- Westpac loosens mortgage lending for migrants
- Non-bank sells mortgage portfolio
- Non-bank boss steps down following merger
- Majors tipped to reprice ‘lower quality’ mortgages
- Tasmania bank launches new digital offering
- First digital currency code of conduct launched
- IOOF shows interest in buying ANZ wealth
- Tighter lending curbs to halve price growth in 2017: HSBC
- Nineteen lenders hike fixed-rates, variable rates tipped to follow
- NAB increases home loan rates
- Major bank launches mobile payment system for businesses
- Lender to pay $77m for credit law failures
- GDP result ‘shockingly weak’: ANZ
- Major bank appoints new head of sustainable finance
- Non-bank awarded for strong performance
- Lawyer slams potential SMSF lending curbs
- Mutual lender takes out top spot for customer satisfaction
- Major lifts rates for investors, will roll out new products in 2017
- ANZ Wealth manager joins FSC
- On the Record: Damian Percy, Adelaide Bank
- Capital cities see second busiest auction week of the year
- BOQ acquires SME funding business
- Lenders slam delayed FSI reforms
- ANZ director retires
- Analysis: How lending curbs reshaped the industry in 2016
- Lender rings in the new year with rate changes
- ANZ to sell asset finance business
- ANZ asset finance business receives ratings downgrade
- ‘Move-up buyers’ drive growth in housing finance
- Suncorp chief steps down
- ANZ has new solution for lost and stolen cards
- Consumers’ views on finances drop
- All eyes on APRA as investor lending surges 20%
- CBA customer to engage independent advocate over advice case
- US lender tipped to enter Australian mortgage market
- How on earth did ‘peer-to-peer’ lending become so popular?
- Capital cities finish 2016 ‘on front foot’
- If you want a great credit score, stop loan shopping
- Heritage enables customers to temporarily block cards
- Fintech lender receives $20m funding from listed bank
- Mutual launches innovative home loan offer
- Local P2P lender not ruling out mortgage play
- ‘We’re our own banker’: Triguboff beats lending curbs
- NAB boss highlights new mortgage distribution deal
- $60bn in major bank lending ‘squandered’
- Major bank subsidiary pulls investor lending deals
- Dwelling values rise across 7 capital cities
- 25% think being unable to afford a house impacts success
- Lender funds local fintech start-up
- ANZ names new wealth chief investment officer
- Analysis: The investor lending dilemma
- Major bank increases investor interest-only and line of credit rates
- Capital cities post strong week of auction activity
- Major bank sees new investor lending rise by 6%
- Bank stops accepting refinances, hikes investor rates
- Non-major increases stake in P2P lender
- Lender posts record home loan book growth
- Mortgage industry pioneer to leave Macquarie
- ANZ margin pressure ‘worrying’
- Lending surges 40% for challenger bank
- CBA’s ‘politically unpalatable’ repricing may not be enough
- Investor lending squeeze ‘biggest concern’ for property professionals
- APRA announces fresh guidance on mortgage lending
- Fintech lender secures $25m in funding, hits major milestone
- Lenders crowned at Fintech Business Awards
- Fintechs welcome to ‘eat our lunch’, says ANZ
- ASIC takes major bank to court over home lending
- APRA under pressure to curb lending as Sydney booms
- Housing commencements forecast to ease
- NAB boss questioned about breach reporting
- Major bank launches workplace gender equality bond
- CBA slammed over 'cover up'
- Job ads down, but more employment expected: ANZ
- Westpac explains position on apartments, foreign buyers
- ANZ backs public breach reporting
- APRA mortgage curbs may not be the best answer: Westpac
- Royal commission calls gain momentum
- New home lending eases in January
- Lenders slammed with $730k fine
- ANZ warns on apartment ‘spill-over’
- Major bank announces investor lending change
- Westpac deputy CEO to retire
- RBA prepared to intensify investor lending crackdown
- NAB changes home loan interest rates
- Lender to ‘be aggressive’ on home lending with $1.7bn deal
- ME launches refinance calculator tool
- Non-banks to profit from investor lending crackdown
- NAB gender equality bond raises $500m
- ANZ primed for investor loan growth
- ASIC releases findings of CommInsure probe
- Specialist lender enters ASX 300
- Westpac hikes rates by up to 117 basis points
- CBA lifts variable rates by 26 basis points
- ANZ increases interest rates
- On the Record: Mario Rehayem, Pepper Money
- Analysis: APRA action and bank rate hikes
- CBA raises $650m in first climate bond
- APRA announces further measures on investor lending
- Co-group CEO of specialist lender made redundant
- Specialist lender successfully prices $300m RMBS
- Banks commit to responsible lending reform
- New international listings website for Chinese buyers launches
- Suncorp Group names new non-executive director
- Specialist lender JV project collapses
- New mortgage rate comparison site launches
- Lenders announce home loan policy changes
- Westpac hikes interest-only rates
- Looming NPP offers banks the opportunity to simplify
- CBA amends SME lending following Carnell Inquiry
- APRA’s funding lever for ‘high risk’ non-bank lending
- Lender to increase IO rates for owner-occupiers
- Mortgage repricing a ‘balancing act’ for majors: EY
- Why the new bank tax could be a blessing in disguise
- Majors tipped to hike home loan rates over levy
- Time is money, right? So, check important credit files first
- Lenders’ ‘tempting offers’ lead Aussies to overspend on cards
- Next rate move is up, says Citi
- Rental affordability decreases in all major cities except Perth
- Major banks make changes to IO lending
- Budget’s new GST measures to affect lenders
- CBA announces fresh lending changes
- Low wage growth dampens consumer confidence: ANZ
- Specialist lender issues $650m in RMBS in 12 months
- Oversupply commentary ‘overly alarmist,’ NAB says
- Big four bank announces IO lending changes
- Westpac changes mortgage policy
- Housing growth ‘not confined’ to major cities: HIA
- ASIC deepens commitment to RegTech
- IO lending has ‘much further to fall’
- ‘Two loans’ needed under new home lending policy
- Bank launches new credit card following broker feedback
- Lender raises rates by 76bps
- Lender scraps IO repayments for owner-occupiers on fixed rates
- ANZ expects house price growth to ‘slow sharply’
- PEXA subscribers make record digital refinance settlements
- ANZ hikes rates by 30 basis points
- Former Westpac boss joins not-for-profit
- Nominations open for Women in Finance Awards
- Bernard Salt says FHBs need commitment, discipline and focus
- Lender changes rates and reinstates standalone P&I investor refinances
- APRA’s next target: commercial lending
- NAB hikes IO rates by 35 basis points
- Commercial lending in a ‘credit crisis’
- CBA hikes rates by 30 points, tells customers to switch
- Westpac fined over reporting failures
- Analysis: Lending curbs could be permanent
- RBA has lending rates ‘where they want them’: economist
- Non-bank lenders could tweak IO policies, warns broker
- Pepper takeover reflects 'latent' strength of non-banks
- Investor lending slowdown continues
- Business conditions hit nine-year high: NAB
- Sentiment drops over accessibility of debt finance
- The growth of Australian mortgage broking
- La Trobe Financial appoints new execs
- Finance sector split on fintech impact, US survey finds
- CBA ‘has work to do’ on APRA benchmark
- Finance worker banned for falsifying loan docs
- Broker heads to Hong Kong as majors shun deals
- Australia's capital cities – rising or declining?
- Lender increases IO variable rates by 30 bps
- Macquarie grows mortgage portfolio to nearly $30bn
- Lender cuts IO rates by 20 bps
- Asset finance and commercial mortgages on the up
- YBR posts positive results following strong lending growth
- Liberty Financial acquires nMB from Aussie
- CBA accused of money laundering breaches
- Non-major sees lift in lending, but struggles with tech
- Easing restrictions could encourage more Islamic lending options
- CBA shares tank on money laundering claims
- ‘Mistakes can be made’: CBA on laundering scandal
- Former ANZ manager joins Mortgage Choice
- CBA cuts executive bonuses
- Business conditions strong but retail still suffering: NAB
- Investor lending bounces back in June
- ANZ comments on money laundering scandal
- Finalists for Women in Finance Awards announced
- CBA’s new IO lending over 30%
- CBA in damage control on AUSTRAC allegations
- Investment bankers launch online platform
- CBA CEO to ‘retire’ next year
- CBA boss to step down
- Mortgage repricing delivers 5% lift in NAB earnings
- ANZ ‘best placed’ to meet APRA benchmark
- Lending changes 'will continue', warns Bouris
- FHBs at ‘pointy end’ of affordability problems: Westpac
- Auswide provides M&A update, posts FY17 lending results
- CBA could face $966bn in penalties
- Lawyers prepare CBA class action for shareholders
- Borrower attitudes to reshape mortgage lending
- How to adapt to rising competition from online lending
- Pepper directors unanimously recommend shareholders to approve takeover
- APRA to conduct inquiry into CBA
- Finance sector must ‘rebuild trust’: Laker
- Growth rates ‘unsustainable’ but 'cataclysmic' crash unlikely
- CBA in S&P’s crosshairs
- Residential lending jumps by more than 7%
- Smaller lenders under Suncorp’s eye
- Market confidence ‘the big challenge’ for home finance
- TCorp director joins CBA board
- APRA probe to examine CBA corporate culture
- ANZ hikes investor rates by 31bps
- Suncorp reduces investor fixed rates
- ASIC targets reverse mortgages as lenders ditch products
- ‘Annuity-style businesses' drive Macquarie outlook
- CBA’s reputation woes bad for the country
- NAB to fund low-income Aussies
- UBS report, mortgage stress and ASIC’s startling admission
- Macquarie’s move could be very disruptive
- Final bids received for CBA, ANZ assets
- Best lending standards 'might not be enough': RBA
- NAB cap ‘very high’ for risky mortgage market, says analyst
- CBA sells CommInsure to AIA
- Genworth to continue insuring NAB’s broker loans
- ANZ tips two cash rate hikes next year
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- Pepper leaders have big plans for little lender
- Student lender eyes mortgages as SoFi readies for launch
- Former CBA adviser banned for forgery
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- Home values on the rise again across most capital cities
- Realestate.com.au Home Loans hit the market
- Westpac, ANZ face tough questions over mortgage pricing
- CBA shareholders file Federal Court class action
- Business conditions ‘rock solid’ but challenges remain ahead: NAB
- CBA launches ‘charm offensive’ ahead of inquiry
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- Lenders enter EU with ASIC over NCCP issues
- ANZ CEO dismisses UBS ‘liar loans’ report
- Hong Kong-backed lender launches home loans
- CBA to backdate remuneration changes
- Refinancing difficulties, restrictions on lending and financial discipline
- Citi flags ‘disturbing’ debt levels in Sydney suburbs
- CBA, NAB chiefs next in the firing line
- Westpac to refund $65m to customers
- Non-bank sees 48% surge in new lending
- Narev comes clean on CBA’s ‘$500m’ rate hike
- CBA accused of ‘manifest failure’
- Mortgage curbs give majors an ‘advantage’: CEO
- Housing markets, debt repayment plans and Digital Finance Analytics data
- APRA eager to wind back lending curbs
- ‘Major adjustment’ in house prices when rates rise: Westpac
- ANZ watching mortgage book ‘like a hawk’
- Non-bank lender breaks the $9bn barrier
- Blockchain systems, channel shopping and positive credit reporting
- NAB to pay $50m in rate-rigging settlement
- ANZ rate-rigging fine ‘doesn’t measure up’
- Former RBA governor joins Macquarie
- Govt guarantee has driven risky lending: Research
- New lender banks on growing foreign investment
- NAB to axe 6,000 jobs by 2020
- CCR should be voluntary for smaller lenders: COBA
- ANZ eyes ‘widened’ gap between wages and home loans
- Messy mortgage process costing lenders $2,500 per deal
- Westpac still dominating investor lending market
- ‘The key is to find a cheaper process’: Former ANZ CEO
- Economist calls out foreigners, lending standards
- Mortgage spike helps CBA record 6% profit growth
- Analysis: The new era of white label lending
- Majors called out after ING axes transaction fees
- ANZ to pay $50m over ‘unconscionable conduct’
- CUA mortgages launch through digital channels
- ‘Predatory loans’: central bank slams P2P lending
- APRA appoints former NAB GM
- Westpac’s venture capital fund invests in BRICKX
- CBA apologises to shareholders
- The new era of data intelligence in credit scoring
- Commercial loans become digitised
- Most home values rising again across capital cities
- ASIC accepts enforceable undertakings from ANZ and NAB
- Allianz makes changes to broker division
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- Mutuals lend $83.4bn in 2017
- Fintech lender secures $120m warehouse facility
- Commission won’t ‘erode’ competitive advantage of majors
- First home buyers significantly changing priorities: Westpac
- AMP launches ‘landmark’ financial modelling platform
- Royal commission shouldn’t derail competition reform: COBA
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- Former ANZ boss joins non-major
- ANZ offloads life insurance business for $2.85bn
- P2P lending growth signals shift in investor attitude
- Elliott wants a smaller ANZ with fewer offerings
- Marketplace lenders lack ‘information advantage’: RBA
- ‘We need to build trust’: ANZ
- CBA admits to breaches of counter-terrorism and anti-money laundering laws
- CBA accused of more AML/CTF breaches
- CBA fine could exceed $500m, says analyst
- ANZ’s $1.5bn Christmas present to shareholders
- Major bank muscles in on fintech lending turf
- Suncorp launches bank branch of the future
- Regulators tipped to loosen lending restrictions in 2018
- New product to clear outstanding credit defaults
- Lending trends we’ll see in 2018
- Royal commission is ‘high risk’, says Elliott
- RBA to raise rates by 25bps in August: NAB
- No sign of regional market slowdown, says lending specialist
- ANZ to donate to financial wellbeing programs
- CBA to ‘outweigh near-term threats’
- HSBC Australia launches ‘lowest rate’ home loan
- ANZ increases fixed rates
- Former Westpac GM to join fintech
- Drop in house prices was seasonal: ANZ
- Royal commission submission takes aim at mortgage lending
- Lending growth and home prices to fall: Fitch
- ASIC seeks court order to wind up lenders
- CBA names new CEO
- CBA defends new CEO hire
- ASIC commences civil penalty proceedings against CBA
- Liberty acquires P2P lender
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- String of scandals could ‘tarnish’ new CBA boss
- CBA probe uncovers ‘issues’ with board influence
- Finsure acquires Nationalcorp’s portfolio
- NAB backs new payday lender
- ANZ and Westpac refund millions to customers
- APRA ‘not declaring victory’ over mortgage lending
- First royal commission hearing to focus on home loans
- Real estate developer launches lending division for FHBs
- ‘No injury’ can be done to royal commission witnesses
- Widening gap between rates fuelling bank profits, says P2P lender
- Home values hold firm in most capital cities
- NAB launches green mortgage-backed bond
- New law to crack down on ‘predatory’ credit lending
- ANZ records strong mortgage growth
- NSW Productivity Commission will tackle housing affordability
- Finance industry facing client ID dilemma
- NSW housing market down but not out: ANZ
- ANZ appoints chief risk officer
- CBA denies new AUSTRAC allegations
- Love-struck home buyers rushing to commit
- US investment firm acquires Bluestone APAC business
- Non-major’s volumes down by 29% following APRA curbs
- Former PM joins ANZ board
- New mortgage lender set to disrupt local market
- Former NAB exec warns of ‘tsunami of change’ in mortgages
- Pepper-backed offshore lender launches non-resident mortgages
- CBA announces board changes
- Scrapping LMI would lift rates ‘materially higher’: Suncorp
- NAB develops mortgage for ‘world-first’ co-ownership platform
- Lender to ‘democratise’ mortgage process with AI
- Ex-bankers launch online mortgage platform
- ASIC to force lenders into involuntary liquidation
- CBA to refund customers after scrapping insurance products
- Majors expected to ‘digest’ interest-only loan risks
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- LMI competition is unreasonable: ANZ
- ‘IO loans have always been safer’, says NAB chief economist
- ‘Nervous’ economists predict more lending curbs
- Banks ‘loosen the screws’ as IO lending plummets
- Investor finance ‘sharply lower’ than a year ago: ANZ
- ANZ announces new appointment to boost presence in Asia
- NAB grilled over failing to disclose ‘introducer’ fraud
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- NAB pays out additional $314m
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- NAB cut introducer program by 90%, reveals CEO
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- Major bank launches ‘world-first’ green deposit
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- Banks face class action over fees
- Broker groups to buy into wealth sector
- Clients of collapsed broker group $11.5 million out of pocket
- Major bank customers disloyal: survey
- Australians continue to feel financial pressures
- Mortgage industry split on rate cuts
- QBE to float LMI business
- AMP advisers drive new mortgage business
- YBR expands WA footprint
- Mortgage broking vertical integration conflicted: poll
- FBAA conference open to entire industry
- Bank of England officials disagree on rates
- MyState broker strategy delivers
- Veda records surge in high risk loan applications
- Analysis: the equity release dilemma
- Non-bank feels pressure as profits slide
- COBA calls for clarity on broker ‘independence’
- Wide Bay profits jump 16 per cent
- Fixed rates position banks for the cross sell
- Mortgage group suffers $4 million loss
- NZ reverse mortgage market ‘stagnant’
- TAL names new board chairman
- RBS fined $25m for poor mortgage advice
- YBR mortgage settlements up 49 per cent
- Regionals call for increased broker disclosure
- RBA rate announcement - September 2014
- Former Hockey adviser joins ABA
- Fixed-rate mortgage demand on the rise
- FHB loans hit four-year low
- Planners and accountants the future of distribution
- ING Direct sells mortgage portfolio
- Mutual banks ‘at a threshold’
- SMSF loans a potential NCCP breach
- Broking a ‘sub-segment’ of planning, says YBR chief
- Big banks swerve LMI for higher rates
- Low rates boost loan demand
- Fears grow as investor loans skyrocket
- CEO hits back at ‘sub-segment’ claims
- Business conditions ‘significantly lower’ than before GFC
- US mortgage demand hits 14-year low
- Two in five homes sold above asking price
- Firstmac banks on online mortgages
- Hewson slams bank mortgage bias
- Average mortgage down 15bps since last rate move
- Aussie drops rates to record low
- YBR outlines next phase strategy
- Major bank fined over mortgage ads
- Major brokerage rejects bank ownership criticism
- Loan Market details new planning venture
- Mortgage stress drops with low rates
- Housing supply shortage set to continue
- Bank risk weightings ‘in the balance’, says APRA
- BCA warns FSI on banking reform
- Investor home loan figures ‘exaggerated’
- BOQ compensates Storm Financial victims
- We need negative gearing: housing lobby
- Mutual tops banking satisfaction survey
- One-third sell reverse mortgages: poll
- Mortgage market becoming ‘unbalanced’, says RBA
- ‘We will lose money for three years’: Wealth Market
- Mortgage group hit with more compliance
- Major bank to announce ramped trail commissions
- RBS chairman steps down
- Vow appointment reflects industry convergence
- Major accounting group expands into mortgages
- Diversified broker groups face “long, hard road”: Brad Wood
- Two million at risk of default
- Fixed-rate demand hits four-month high
- Broker group targets Chinese investors
- More accounting firms to enter mortgage space
- Building approvals hit 30-year high
- Housing market shows signs of cooling
- RBA rate announcement
- Brokerage to change recruitment criteria
- Rate hikes on the horizon
- Pepper prices second sub-prime RMBS issue
- Standard variable rates to hit 6.8 per cent by 2016
- Former RBA board member calls for rate hike
- Online loans get the refi vote
- ABS admits to incorrect data
- Non-bank distribution channels set to change
- Scrap negative gearing to curb investors: Eslake
- Credit Union appoints C-suite executive
- JP Morgan calls on government to fund non-banks
- Aussie brokers can learn from UK, says Weston
- Business confidence continues to fall
- One in six new properties sold to foreigners
- Broker recruitment strategy sees approvals surge
- ‘Big call’: rates to remain stable for a decade
- Killing negative gearing would hurt FHB market
- RBA jawboning could be enough to scare investors
- Homeloans: diversification not hindered by brand
- No end in sight for rising house prices
- MFAA announces new CEO
- UK: HSBC cuts rates to 0.99 per cent
- Major brokerage pens last-minute letter to Murray
- Tax reform would curb negative gearing: AMP Capital
- DIFA appoints new chairman
- Mortgages getting riskier: RBA
- CBA leads bank satisfaction by a whisker
- Top broker slams Keating, calls for foreign investment figures
- Firstfolio appoints new CEO
- Wealthier borrowers turn to brokers
- Australians undecided on selling family home to fund retirement
- RBA already using macroprudential tools: Narev
- ABA supports financial planner register
- Industry divided on convergence: poll
- Major bank warned over misleading mortgage ads
- Chinese mortgage demand spikes
- Spring season a ‘litmus test’ for housing market
- Adelaide Bank slashes rates
- China breaks into broking
- Specialist loans no more complex than ‘vanilla’ loans
- Home insurance is ‘vital’: ASIC
- BOQ raises $600 million through five-year funding transaction
- RBA points to housing downturns
- Rates to remain steady
- Banks blamed for low-doc’s bad rap
- Apartment sales surge in September
- AMP to buy stake in China pension fund
- US Fed ends quantitative easing
- Homeloans appoints new credit managers
- Sydney and Melbourne buoy national house prices
- Aussie banks not so profitable
- Fixed rate demand hits eight-month high
- Wide Bay prices $300 million RMBS transaction
- Building approvals plummet 11 per cent
- RBA rate announcement
- Tensions rise as banks await Murray verdict
- Borrowers to set mortgage rates
- ABS explains incorrect employment figures
- Major bank delivers $2.3 billion first quarter profit
- High chance that banking rules will change: EY
- APRA warns banks of third-party risks
- Non-bank announces new broker deal
- Regional bank takes aim at majors
- Funder slashes variable rates
- RBA reveals reasons behind interest-only surge
- Banks not prepared for housing downturn
- Chinese economy a 'key risk' to Australian housing
- Bank backs brokers following APRA assertions
- Securitisation to fund real economy, says Medcraft
- RBA jawboning fails to deter investors
- Rates to rise on investor loans
- Major broker expands WA footprint
- Bank reveals new rates and commission structure
- House prices continue to moderate
- Building and job numbers remain weak
- Major bank head steps down
- Non-major to sell mortgage portfolio
- Mortgage demand sluggish in September
- Countdown to potential financial sector reforms
- Chinese credit boom to hit Australia hard: S&P
- Investor market continues to thrive
- Don’t blame overseas investors, says major bank
- Non-bank founder passes
- COBA names new chief executive
- Analysis: Repricing investor mortgages
- High unemployment to continue
- UK brokers to take 75 per cent market share
- Bank doubles broker market share in one month
- Housing downturn would wipe out major bank capital
- Majority predict ‘significant’ market correction
- RP Data announces change of identity
- Mutual banks need transformation: KPMG
- Clarification
- Industry veteran leaves non-bank
- National brokerage CEO retires
- S&P exposes futile mortgage price war
- Supermarkets flagged as biggest mortgage disruptor
- Wealth Today reaches new financial milestone
- FOFA amendments in peril
- NSW occupants ‘financially comfortable’
- Govt warns of industry damage after FOFA defeat
- Superannuation funds pose indirect threat to banks
- Companies lack confidence in third-party risks
- Non-majors bank on distribution to retain market share
- Mid-size businesses to benefit from China trade
- Sterling crowned Business Publishing Company of the Year
- Queensland new home building to skyrocket
- Investor loans now a majority
- ME Bank appoints new CIO
- Chinese backed non-bank to take on the majors
- Training boosted for online mortgage tool
- China’s rate cut ‘overdue’
- Rate cut forecast for next year
- Time to look beyond the big four: COBA
- Murray speaks out about distrust of banks
- Nimble Aussie players to benefit from global trends
- Foreign investment financing under investigation
- Bank calls for urgent mortgage reform
- Credit union on top for customer satisfaction
- Cheaper homes increasingly scarce
- CUA tells of close relationship with key distributor
- Scrapping negative gearing would cause rent hikes
- Fixed-rate demand skyrockets
- RBA rate announcement
- Australia’s Budget boom ending: Deloitte
- Smaller banks show strong appetite for investor loans
- FHB attitudes change
- Housing affordability down despite quarterly rise
- FHBs prefer renting over a mortgage
- Gail Kelly nominated for top CEO award
- Major bank expands China footprint
- Perth brokerage appoints new leader
- Murray calls for changes to SMSF borrowing
- Bluestone dedicated to credit repair
- Talk of rate cut gains momentum
- FSI competition reforms to combat vertical integration
- Murray attacks negative gearing
- Murray’s bank capital proposal to impact mortgage pricing
- Denovan slams Murray proposal to scrap SMSF borrowing
- Major bank predicts 0.5 per cent rate cut
- Pepper wins at CEO awards
- Consumers the winners from Murray report
- Small rise in mortgage demand: ABS
- Little action forecast for housing market in 2015
- Central bankers finding it hard to kick start growth
- More bank capital could trigger rate cut
- WA tops nation in home building
- Non-bank posts 20 per cent profit increase
- Deloitte names new CEO
- FSI unlikely to lift mortgage market competition
- Auctions prove to be stronger in 2014
- Bank of England announces major policy reforms
- Fixed loans on the rise
- Association continues to grow membership base
- Majority of mortgage holders did not visit a broker
- COBA appoints new chief executive
- Decimal appoints new CEO
- RBA to set new Australian record
- Wide Bay appoints new director
- CoreLogic RP Data hits back at FBAA
- Social media not just a marketing tool
- Building society plans to become a bank
- John Symond defends Aussie on bank ownership
- ASX-listed mortgage broker announces new boss
- ‘The highly profitable major bank oligopoly is not under threat’
- Year in review: Top 10 stories of 2014
- RBA rate announcement hold
- Credit ombudsman increases compensation limit by 10pc
- Mortgage and wealth group improves funding supply
- Regional bank appoints new CEO
- Top economist calls for 2015 rate cut
- Vertical integration good for consumers: bank lobby
- Housing boom boosting consumer confidence
- Interest rates about to fall, says prominent analyst
- Don’t bet on rate cuts, says big four bank
- Bank volumes keep rising, non-bank volumes keep falling
- Mortgage and wealth group appoints new CFO
- Proposed SMSF ban generates further criticism
- Connective creates new position for Heavey
- Home building to remain historically high
- MFAA slams national newspaper
- Home ownership a million-dollar dream
- Australians addicted to debt
- Economic recovery faces ‘major risks’
- Industry body lobbies for NCCP changes
- Home loan arrears on the rise
- New broker to double Sydney team after $1 billion year
- Regional thrashes majors in business banking battle
- CUA mortgage volumes soar
- Unemployment rate falls to 6.1pc
- Cheaper mortgages ahead if oil price continues to fall
- Major bank exec joins federal government
- FHB statistics to be reformed
- MyState appoints new CFO - 2015
- Life insurer makes key appointment
- St George manager joins MyState
- Sydney remains price king as Darwin listings surge
- Bank prepares for life without SMSF loans
- Firstfolio restructures leadership team
- Sharp rise in SMSF borrowing breaches
- Non-major wins one in 10 home loans
- Jobs and petrol help drive improvement in consumer sentiment
- New powers for ACCC to strengthen franchising
- Foreign investors buy one in three homes in Victoria
- Building society announces name change
- Rubik announces new CEO
- Inflation weighs on RBA rate move
- New software to revolutionise lead generation
- House hunters prefer internet to agents
- February set to be a ‘bumper month’ for real estate
- State gov warns of bogus bankers
- Lawyer slams proposed SMSF borrowing ban
- Citibank surges in customer satisfaction stakes
- Banks to battle brokers with online tools
- Mark Bouris makes Australia Day Honours List
- Economy lacking momentum: report
- Victoria records biggest mortgage decline
- Hockey welcomes inflation figures
- Corporates down on confidence and unwilling to take risks
- Sydney bankers' salaries to be cut
- RBA will set national record tomorrow as dollar weakens
- Mortgage and wealth group director resigns
- RBA shocks market with first cash rate call of 2016
- Most markets growing under 5.0pc
- RBA losing interest in house prices: Deloitte
- RBA rate announcement
- RBA rate announcement march cut
- RBA rate announcement
- Fixed-rate demand hits two-year low
- Financial comfort level reaches record high
- Hockey urges all banks to pass on rate cut
- Economist forecasts ‘building boom’ in 2015
- Bank modelling has RBA cutting rates to 1 per cent
- APRA approves Wide Bay bank status
- Big four veteran to drive Bendigo business banking
- Adelaide Bank partners with Melbourne mortgage manager
- ME Bank chairman retires
- RBA suggests more rate cuts
- Prepare for Chinese currency, says Stevens
- Scrap negative gearing at your peril, REIA warns
- Half of securitised mortgages backed by non-conforming loans
- Investor loans soar 6pc in December
- Auction volumes: Adelaide up, Melbourne down
- Rate cut call strengthened by rise in unemployment
- ME Bank continues student offer
- Major bank announces new CEO
- Big four pocket billions from borrowers
- Homeloans Ltd acquires non-bank
- End first home buyer ‘discrimination’, says peak body
- Analysis: Lack of animal spirit has big banks spooked
- Genworth loses major bank contract
- Major broker to use predictive analytics
- Australian banking growth to slow
- SMEs in need of guidance: report
- Big four ‘own’ 40 per cent of brokers
- Advisers write one in four new AMP home loans
- SME market gap an opportunity for brokers
- Third party retains majority share of mortgage market
- Barnes brand to live on
- Credit reporting takes effect
- Non-banks must unite, says Barnes' Rayner
- Lisa Montgomery to chair Sydney mortgage event
- New bank outpaces big four in mortgage growth
- Broker head sees no end to investor boom
- Major bank changes misconduct policy
- Economy won't be saved by rate cut, says economist
- Accountants call for loan guarantee scheme
- Acquisition to boost branded loans for non-bank
- PM threatens imprisonment in foreign buyer crackdown
- Small banks ask govt to invest $3m in reforms
- Record amount of housing entering market
- FHB share jumps 2.2 percentage points
- Andronicos confident of Firstfolio turnaround
- Govt warned that real estate reforms could prove costly
- Momentum builds for back-to-back rate cuts
- Business confidence hits two-year low
- Foreign buyer fee won’t curb demand
- RBA to cut cash rate today
- 'Further rate cuts won’t encourage buyers'
- Unit approvals soar in January
- Hong Kong tightens mortgage rules
- Rising unemployment a ‘key concern’ for mortgage defaults
- Foreign investor crackdown ‘long overdue’
- New banking model celebrates milestone
- Baldwin slams Grattan Institute over negative gearing claims
- RBA singles out housing to drive economy
- FHBs ‘copping a bashing’, says Symond
- M&A activity to boom in 2015
- Growing mortgage group signs Queensland broker
- Mutuals to drive growth in challenged economy
- Barney Frank still concerned about US mortgage market
- New group to pay up to 75bps for SME leads
- CEO banned until 2017
- Former company director to stand trial
- Veda and Deloitte to tackle anti-money laundering
- Cash rate a ‘blunt tool’, says RBA
- Industry veteran joins AMP
- And the boom market is ... construction
- Broking giant to generate leads with new credit-scoring tool
- APRA targets bank culture and remuneration
- Accountants voted top referral partners
- Mortgage group worth $30 million following merger
- Housing market showing signs of weakness
- Aussie names new CEO
- Data and analytics to drive financial services
- SMSF loans could leave investors ‘high and dry’: Frydenberg
- FHB mortgage values rise 10.5pc
- Insider traders jailed for $7 million scam
- Non-major posts record loan settlements
- RBA minutes make clear case for further rate cuts
- Housing activity surges in Adelaide
- Mortgage manager wins best website
- Bank’s credit rating under review
- Industry veteran to lead Deloitte Sydney office
- Mortgage group tips rate cut
- Boutique fund manager awarded $50 million mandate
- Economic conditions put big banks at risk
- Coastal city benefitting from Sydney investor rush
- Opposition condemns Hockey's super scheme
- RBA stability review expected to flag housing concerns
- Branded mortgage strategy gains momentum
- Rural Bank chief steps down
- Industry body backs FSI competition review
- Big four 'way ahead' on digital disruption
- Former bank exec jailed for $400 million tax fraud
- Bank appoints new tech boss
- Industry gathers to discuss online channel
- Strong risk of oversupply as investor demand persists: RBA
- Promising outlook for financial services sector
- Banks bearish on outlook for mortgage growth
- Bank CEO to retire
- Auction clearance rates surge in two capitals
- Bank to begin search for new CEO
- Govt urged to reform financial system immediately
- Virgin Money reveals third-party plans
- Confidence grows among FHBs
- Bribery and corruption risks on the rise
- RBA warns major downturn may be coming
- Economist flags stability concerns
- ‘Significant disruption on the horizon’, says CIFR
- APRA tipped to hit major banks
- Big four bank to 'revolutionise' sales experience
- Digital disruption on government’s radar
- Banks call for govt to fix mortgage framework
- Foreign buyer reforms could punish FHBs
- RBA rate announcement
- RBA rate announcement - April 2015
- Home approvals continue to rise
- Major bank slams FSI's ‘level playing field’ recommendation
- Hot Sydney market won’t stop rate cuts
- Non-bank grows sales team
- Tumbling rates fuel refi boom
- End may be near for housing boom
- Aussie receives surge in customer enquiries
- Housing recovery continues
- Loan book values expected to rise further
- Housing stats put 'boom' talk in context
- CUA identifies key market in WA
- Australians against proposed deposit levy
- Borrower confusion surrounding credit scores
- Mortgage group slams Trowbridge Report
- Housing outlook ‘messy’, warns economist
- Major bank shuns SMSF loans
- Digital initiative engages brokers
- Money markets drive down fixed rates
- APRA warning impacts market
- Suncorp Group CEO steps down
- MyState Limited appoints new general manager
- Big building projects driving approvals
- Banker to lead Sydney Fintech hub
- Housing industry report puts 'boom' talk in context
- New service to combat identity theft
- Sky-high rents to continue: Domain
- Smaller banks call for govt to hold firm on reform
- Home building reaches record levels
- Lobby group proposes plan to boost housing affordability
- Credit reforms aim to increase flow of data
- Falling consumer confidence points to May rate cut
- Welfare group attacks negative gearing 'myths'
- Banks and borrowers to benefit from new credit regime
- Prestige Melbourne home values going up, up and up
- Land constraints driving residential lot prices: report
- Reserve Bank could pour fuel on fiery Sydney market
- Business confidence registers ‘very significant improvement’
- Home loan rates down, credit card fees up
- Borrowers not yet over GFC, data reveals
- Abolish stamp duty, not negative gearing: HIA
- May rate cut less likely
- New CEO takes control of national mortgage group
- Sydney five times dearer than Hobart
- Business confidence tumbles
- Virgin Money appoints new CEO
- Cash rate to hit 1.5pc by year end
- Treasurer warns of Labor's negative gearing plans
- Capital city prices continue dominance over regionals
- Digital disruption could kill financial advice
- FHB demand high despite affordability constraints
- Fair game and the Australian mortgage playing field
- Murray warns: 'watch out' for non-banks
- Regional bank outclasses majors
- Bank hit with billions in fines
- Deloitte flags 'seismic shift' in financial system
- Most Australians don’t trust bank managers
- Majors lose mortgage market share
- RBA announces surprising interest rate decision
- Mortgages becoming 'problematic' in hottest markets
- Case mounts against ‘friendless’ tax
- Rate decision too close to call
- Major bank run-off spikes as customers pay down debt
- RBA rate announcment
- RBA rate announcement
- Industry leaders sound alarm on rate cut
- Apartment trend drives ongoing rise in housing approvals
- Outlook for Australian economy ‘relatively pessimistic’
- Sydney prices now astronomical
- Fixed-rate demand falls as rates drop
- HIA names top building and population hotspots
- NSW home owners struggle as ACT families do it easy
- Latest rate cut ‘may not give economy much of a boost’
- Apartments boom while house sales remain sluggish
- Budget key to restoring consumer confidence
- Sydney a top target for global investors
- SMEs bearish about cash flow and sales
- Genworth loses new business as LVRs drop
- Owner-occupiers receive additional rate cut
- NZ central bank cuts rates
- Banks committed to financial advice reforms
- RBA report highlights credit risks
- Economist flags surge in mortgage 'churn'
- Price pressures forecast to persist despite building boom
- Small business package tipped to provide housing boost
- Demand for home loans reaches six-year high
- Mortgage and housing sectors react positively to Budget
- Tasmania's prices rise as confidence grows
- Federal inquiry calls for end to stamp duty
- ATO warns on mortgage payment schemes
- Economy has flat-lined, survey reveals
- Appoint a housing minister: federal inquiry
- Borrower vulnerability at ‘unprecedented levels’
- Another federal housing inquiry gets underway
- Bank makes it harder for investors to secure loans
- Credit specialist maintains ‘strong’ rating
- Senior industry figure resigns
- Government inquiry fails to settle negative gearing debate
- RBA open to further rate cuts despite Sydney housing boom
- Consumer sentiment reaches 16-month high
- Calls for federal housing minister grow louder
- Central bank tightens investor LVRs
- Headline
- Research finds financial vulnerability in Aussie households
- US plans first rate rise since 2008
- Digital disruption: the question is not when, but how
- Economist pours water on housing tax idea
- ASIC bans former Macquarie Bank trader
- Banks genuinely support third-party channel: report
- Concerned consumers paying off debt faster
- ING Direct introduces easy banking for Apple customers
- Reserve Bank has added 1pc to house values: report
- Fintech start-up takes aim at ‘complex’ banks
- Surging P2P sector picking up big four scraps
- Chinese economy ‘doomsday’ misguided
- Big four have big call to make on P2P: SocietyOne
- RBA tipped to stand still on cash rate
- RBA announces interest rate decision
- COBA seeks delay on deposit tax changes
- Low rates fall on deaf ears: YBR
- Record-low rates not stimulating spending
- Consumers respond well to rising house prices
- FBAA hits out at ‘exorbitant’ credit rates
- CPA Australia eyes mortgage advice
- Hundreds of foreign investors under investigation
- Home loan market hits $1.39tn
- Risk management ‘vital’ for threatening world
- Pepper completes non-conforming RMBS issue
- Banks challenged on mortgage repricing
- YBR gains street presence with Resi rebrand
- APRA stats show banking sector strength
- Demand for detached houses bounces back
- Govt lobbied on mortgage transfers
- Heritage Bank awarded for ‘strong operating model’
- CPA members express interest in advice venture
- Business confidence bounces back
- Taxes add ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ to new home costs
- Foreign buyer crackdown just ‘tip of the iceberg’
- Consumer satisfaction rates mixed across sectors
- Calls for greater mobile banking security grow louder
- Australia among strongest banking nations
- Govt warns on real estate ‘money laundering’
- ThinCats receives funding boost
- CUA finds uncertainty in interest rate outlook
- REIQ launches housing affordability three-point plan
- Raine & Horne appoints new CEO
- Central banks becoming ‘unpredictable’
- ABA survey finds consumer banking trends
- Auswide announces record-low interest rate
- Bank credit processes ‘prone to error’
- Offshore bank extends expat mortgage opportunities
- Australia headed for housing ‘bloodbath’
- Report shows positive financial jobs outlook
- Financial planning giant under investigation
- Banks under greater risk scrutiny, says Moody’s
- Govt approves Scottish Pacific for export projects
- Heritage Bank enters mobile payments market
- New rules for life insurance advisers
- Housing bubble warnings ‘nonsense’
- Making business small talk meaningful
- Throw out the 'old' diversification rules: Investec
- A new form of home ownership?
- Climate risks miscalculated by credit ratings agencies
- Bank funding gap narrows further
- Advance key business practices, companies urged
- New poll calls for FSI action: COBA
- CPA Australia begins recruiting for advice arm
- Greece ‘ring-fenced’ from rest of eurozone
- Investor crackdown still work in progress, stats reveal
- RBA interest rate decision takes experts by surprise
- Residential building approvals recover
- The ‘housing bubble’: a tale of two markets
- Mass of new apartments could reduce price pressures
- Industry pushes government to address affordability
- Teachers Mutual Bank appoints senior marketing manager
- Cash rate to remain steady for 18 months: HSBC
- Cash rate to remain steady for 18 months: HSBC (2)
- Greece causing jitters, but impacts overstated
- Reserve Bank makes interest rate decision
- RBA surprises experts with interest rate decision
- RBA stuns experts with interest rate decision
- ME highlights financial concerns among Australians
- RBA decision leaves housing issues unaddressed
- Prominent economist fears housing market crash
- Sydney boom takes housing market into uncharted territory
- Mutuals topple big four in consumer satisfaction
- Bibby announces 50pc funding increase
- CUA awarded first-time A3 credit rating
- Loan guarantee deemed unenforceable
- Vow to benefit from back-door ASX-listing deal
- Govt continues foreign real estate crackdown
- ASX listing ‘imminent’ for DirectMoney
- China slowdown a cause for concern
- More foreign investors expected to build in Australia
- Aussie dollar to hit six-year low
- Banks respond to APRA findings
- ‘Not all banks are predators’: COBA
- Banking body backs APRA’s approach to capital
- Details of CPA mortgage move revealed
- Liquidator appointed to boutique investment bank
- RBA says 'case for reviewing negative gearing' exists
- Recent 'panic' selling reminiscent of GFC
- APRA warns of housing market risks
- Business confidence continues to rise
- Reserve Bank reopens debate on SMSF borrowing
- Govt to back export of financial services
- APRA forces its hand to cool housing market
- Investors making more use of tax break: BMT
- ACCC seeks credit reporting transparency
- Banks welcome increased capital requirements
- SMEs more driven in 2015
- APRA move good for banks and buyers
- Climate change to hit financial services
- RBNZ announces another cash rate cut
- Harvard professor fears leadership deficit
- SocietyOne appoints new marketing chief
- Investor funds under the microscope
- Veda to offer face-to-face ID verification
- Australian financial services firms ‘unprepared’ for FATCA
- Aussie achieves new settlement record
- AMP Capital appoints new managing director
- Big banks back industry ethics program
- NAB completes US bank divestment
- Real estate giant predicts non-bank growth across APAC
- Sydney posts record year of office investment
- ME receives Aaa credit rating for RMBS deal
- Housing boom continues in Sydney and Melbourne
- No change expected for RBA rate decision
- Big banks must raise $20bn to meet APRA recommendation
- RBA ends suspense with interest rate announcement
- RBA interest rate decision stuns market
- Conditions and confidence rise among SMEs
- Economist extends cash rate forecast
- ‘Stable’ outlook for Australia’s banks
- Banks tighten screws, but investors still buying
- Bank app to simplify house hunting
- Climate change becoming 'top concern': BNP Paribas
- Moody’s gives verdict on NZ banking system
- House prices go crazy in suburbs near and far
- CBA named top bank for customer privacy
- MyState strengthens capital with $25m debt issue
- Sydney and Melbourne lead surge in office demand
- Report finds most SMEs lack succession plan
- RBA warns of more boom and more debt
- FlexiGroup appoints new chairman
- Major bank announces $5 billion capital raising
- Surprise surge in consumer confidence
- ASIC bans former major bank planner
- Bank winds up LMI business
- Mixed outlook for Aussie economy, says NAB
- China dominates global bank rankings
- RBA reveals the downside of rising house prices
- S&P affirms Resimac's loan servicing strength
- IPA warns of looming economic crises
- Banks boost mortgage teams, recruit Chinese speakers
- Mortgage price hikes tipped to continue
- Mortgage group announces securitisation plans
- UK mortgage arrears continue to fall
- Bank caps LVRs on landlord loans
- ISA finds mistrust of major banks remains high
- Non-banks unlikely to fill investor gap: Westpac
- Owner-occupier rate hikes ‘on the cards’
- FlexiGroup results in line with expectations
- QBE flags ‘industry-wide downturn’ in LMI
- Bouris eyes big opportunities in shifting mortgage market
- More Australians paying down debt
- RateSetter moves in on banks’ territory
- Resimac RMBS assigned AAA credit ratings
- Owner-occupiers increasingly using interest-only loans
- New app to minimise underinsured risk
- 'Poor supervision' hampering banks, says ASIC
- MyState announces upbeat year-end results
- It’s time to take notice of marketplace lending
- ME enters strategic partnership with Link Group
- Mixed economy continues to weigh on confidence
- SMSF loans still on the table
- Rates to remain low for ‘several years’
- Homeloans boosts branded mortgages but sees profits slide
- DirectMoney partners with mortgage groups
- Australian SMEs cautious over currency risk
- Economy to remain soft for another three years
- RBA exposes ‘intertwined nature’ of SMEs and mortgages
- Pepper announces first profit result since float
- AMP Bank appoints new boss
- Bendigo Bank lifts investor loan rates
- Hockey flags offshore investment risks
- Former ASIC insider calls out banks' vertical integration 'shame'
- Another rate cut forecast for 2015
- Banks reducing suburban retail footprint
- Westpac clears APRA investor cap
- Personalised interest rates the way of the future: PwC
- RBA rate announcement - September 2015
- RBA rate announcement September cut
- Hong Kong mortgage drawdowns spike in July
- DirectMoney announces more partnerships
- ‘We will take new territory from the banks’, says Bouris
- Banking industry welcomes deposit tax decision
- Genworth appoints new C-suite exec
- Gadens cautious on SMSF loans
- Make housing ‘fourth pillar’ of retirement: CEDA
- Prospa raises $60 million in capital
- Plummeting dollar won't stop further rate cuts: economist
- More Australians favour digital banking
- ING Direct identifies female referral trend
- Brokers and planners write one in three reverse mortgages
- Aussies in the dark on credit card rates
- Businesses must ‘grapple’ with disruption
- YBR partners with US insurance giant
- Non-major sees dramatic fall in investor loans
- Business confidence sinks to four-year low
- Mortgage market begins to rebalance
- Banks encouraged to look offshore for LMI
- Unemployment falls to 6.2%
- Vow informs brokers of major market changes
- Brokers disengaged with banks: report
- Deloitte appoints ex-army chief to adviser role
- Banks let borrowers set their own mortgage rates
- Auction clearance rates lower than last year
- Goldfields Money terminates contract of CEO
- Turnbull will 'articulate Australia’s economic challenges'
- Chinese investors flock to non-banks
- Housing downturn coming: BIS Shrapnel
- Bank capital not enough: APRA
- Macquarie given green light to acquire ANZ business
- 1.7 million Australians facing debt for life
- RBA yet to decide if investor crackdown is working
- RateSetter reaches $10m milestone
- ‘Tens of thousands’ switching out of investor loans
- US group pitches $2.2 billion cash bid for Veda
- Data points to more rate cuts, says Cigna
- Business leader spruiks dangers of the status quo
- Personal banking customers flock to NAB
- Increased supply of housing 'has to be the answer': RBA
- Colliers unveils new corporate offering
- SMEs still in the dark about credit scores
- Goldfields Money appoints acting CEO
- Heritage's profit slides despite surge in loan approvals
- Sydney auction market shows signs of weakening
- Almost 1 in 10 loans would fail underwriting standards: report
- Sydney prices soar over September quarter
- Ex-CUA chief joins DirectMoney
- Big four losing competitive streak on variable rates
- Mutuals face uncertain future in a complex mortgage market
- Macquarie chairman steps down
- Real estate boss urges government to cut stamp duty
- Australian financial services at a 'critical moment': Deloitte
- S&P lowers rating for class B notes on trusts
- ARCA broadens representation with RateSetter
- AMP appoints new director
- Major banks offer best value low-docs: Canstar
- Sydney land release could spell disaster for investors
- Melbourne continues to dominate auction market
- Credit card providers are exploiting consumers: Flavell
- Mortgage stress more than doubles for FHBs
- BOQ reclassifies home loan data
- CPDone platform goes global
- Teachers Mutual grows mortgage book by more than 12%
- ANZ announces new chief executive
- Heritage Bank names new CEO
- RateSetter releases loan book data to encourage transparency
- New bank boss faces challenges in changing market
- McGrath identifies shifting buyer demographics
- Banks facing spiralling IT costs
- Association backs Treasurer on housing affordability
- Big four will continue to raise capital ‘for some time’
- Investor curbs positive for RMBS: Moody’s
- Bank names Sydney investor hotspots under surveillance
- Association warns SMSFs on emerging LRBA issue
- ANZ sells $8.2 billion loan portfolio
- Home loan approvals to fall, says economist
- Pepper subsidiary broadens third-party services
- Bank acquisition a big win for mortgage origination
- Genworth CEO steps down
- Mortgage approval data reflects two-tiered market
- Global payment portal to offer seven-minute SME loans
- Household name to hit home loan market
- BOQ Specialist names new CEO
- Economic reform must help banks support growth: ABA
- Rising investor demand fuels Melbourne’s retail market
- Financial services sees 68% rise in M&A activity
- Bank explains benefits of new LMI deal
- Online banking key to customer satisfaction
- ‘Obsession with capital’ is wrong: bank chief
- Fees continue to add up for home buyers
- Regional banks to see increase in bad debts
- Falling dollar to stabilise unemployment
- Business confidence improves, still below average
- Market downturn not on the horizon: Raine & Horne
- RBA sounds alarm over off-the-plan properties
- Sydney housing supply to rise with govt sales
- Conditions ease in residential land market
- Consumers the winners in FSI response: COBA
- Govt’s FSI response: what it means for mortgages
- FBAA welcomes end to excessive credit card charges
- Bibby appoints new state manager
- Second major bank hikes rates
- Australians preparing for economic downturn
- Bank praises govt commitment to improve digital identity systems
- Better Business Summit crowned Event of the Year
- Third major bank hikes rates
- Fourth major bank hikes rates
- Non-major hikes variable rates
- RMBS arrears fall to 10-year low
- Challenger bank reacts to big four rate hikes
- Cross-border money characterising investor market
- Sydney's house price boom is over: Domain
- CUA backs govt FSI response
- Investors warned over 'debt-charged housing boom'
- Housing affordability becomes worldwide concern
- Residential markets plunge in mining towns
- FSI to boost bank stability: ME
- New mortgages players to change pricing dynamics: Veda
- Pepper assigned AAA credit ratings
- Credit union recognised for best home loans
- Investor demand to weaken in 2016: QBE
- Westpac to refund customers over unwanted mortgage insurance
- Non-major lifts variable rates
- Banks failing on climate risk
- Gen Y more active investors than baby boomers
- More banks will raise rates: survey
- Bank chief defends rate hike following record profit
- Breaking through the business growth barriers
- Economist dismisses talk of Tuesday rate cut
- Pepper completes $300m RMBS issue
- AMP raises variable mortgage rates
- Suncorp Bank announces rate changes
- WA dominates for most affordable suburbs
- Residential outlook optimistic, report shows
- Confidence eases among SMEs
- RBA makes highly anticipated call on interest rates
- RBA announces cash rate decision
- RBA ‘stuck in the starting gates’
- Bank profits mask ‘compounding challenges’
- Market conditions pressuring Genworth as premiums slide 20%
- BOQ lifts mortgage rates
- Younger Australians set to switch banks
- Chinese economy fears erode CFO confidence
- Negative gearing myths busted in new report
- Big challenges ahead for major banks: KPMG
- RBA shrugs off bank rate hikes
- Majority of Aussies concerned about housing market downturn
- Fixed-rate demand falls further
- KPMG downplays benefits of financial services GST
- Non-bank partners with asset manager
- ‘No imperative for us to raise capital’
- Default crisis looms for off-the-plan buyers
- Firstmac receives AAA credit ratings
- Report shows positive signs for mutuals
- Tough year ahead for bank capital ratios: APRA
- Business confidence hits 11-month high
- Centrepoint announces changes to executive team
- Major bank chief dismisses ‘housing bubble’ claims
- ING Direct hikes rates for owner-occupiers and investors
- The state of the States’ mortgage market
- Auswide issues floating rate note
- Firstmac completes $500m RMBS deal
- Banking body calls for repair of ‘broken’ budget
- US likely to raise rates before year end
- Business conditions steady while confidence drops
- Former CEO jailed for defrauding major bank
- Customers still satisfied with major banks
- Housing crisis becomes Hollywood thriller
- ThinCats Australia marks one-year milestone
- Mortgages drive ME’s profit up by 27%
- Heritage farewells CEO
- Firstmac assigned AAA ratings for RMBS
- Leasing company to pay $1.25m for NCCP breach
- Real estate boss hits out at banks
- Industry law firm boosts overseas support
- CUA appoints non-executive director
- Analysis: The simple bank that created a big problem
- CBA says foreign investors driving Melbourne apartment ‘bubble’
- FlexiGroup names new CEO
- Spotcap makes credit more accessible for SMEs
- IMB receives ‘strong’ loan servicer ranking
- Homeloans highlights key point of difference
- Interest rates to remain 'very low' for years: RBA
- Economists warn of rising risks for off-the-plan market
- Increasing risk of mortgage default: Moody's
- Investor rate changes driven by margin, says bank chief
- BOQ appoints new director
- Reserve Bank set to hold cash rate
- Analysis: Packer enters mortgage market
- Aussie billionaire backs bank disruptor
- RBA makes call on cash rate
- RBA surprises market with cash rate call
- RBA shocks market with cash rate call
- Industry figures react to RBA rate decision
- Major bank CEO named ABA chair
- Homebuilding activity surges
- Banks’ asset quality has peaked: Moody’s
- Scottish Pacific receives global recognition
- AMP appoints non-executive director
- RMBS and ABS defaults to rise, covered bonds strong
- APRA has allowed banks to ‘act in their own commercial interests’
- Brisbane-Sydney price gap driving buyers north
- Big growth forecast for smartwatch banking
- Securitisation changes ‘would benefit smaller banks’
- Major bank shocked by APRA’s capital approach
- New home sales continue to fall
- ACCC appoints its first chief economist
- Risks could derail global bank progress: Moody’s
- Analysis: Major bank’s ‘torturous and expensive journey’
- Big banks under investigation for rate rigging
- Business confidence falls slightly over November
- ‘Turnbull effect’ wearing off but sentiment still strong
- Branded group to expand white-label offering
- Stamp duty a ‘significant cost barrier’
- Stamp duty ‘significant cost barrier’
- Smaller blocks to boost home rebuilds in 2016
- Global brand outlines local mortgage strategy
- New platform to assist SME cash flow
- Major bank boss admits uncertainty over capital levels
- ING Direct exec named in key board appointment
- Bank takes home loans to Westfield
- Listed group announces pricing change
- RBA indicates easing bias
- Goldfields Money appoints new CEO
- 'Be alert to the risk of a recession', says global firm
- Fed rate hike won’t force RBA’s hand, says economist
- Major bank sounds alarm on off-the-plan properties
- Outlook stable, but headwinds rising for Asia-Pacific banks
- ASIC moves on ‘misleading’ land banking schemes
- Economic risks remain 'tilted to the downside' for 2016
- Rate hike will hurt investors in 2016
- NSW tops housing market rankings
- APRA relieves banks from capital building
- Omniwealth appoints senior accountant
- Major bank ‘well positioned’ for future changes
- COBA to engage on pro-consumer agenda for credit cards
- Capital focus to drive bank divestment in 2016
- Subdued credit outlook for Asia-Pacific
- Bendigo Bank reflects on successful 2015
- SAI Global to ramp up mortgage services
- Bank Australia to introduce new loan portal
- Mortgage repricing bolsters bank oligopoly
- Investors switch $32 billion worth of home loans in five months
- Sydney LGA records 47% growth in land value
- Three Fed rate hikes tipped for 2016
- RBA troubled with low inflation: HSBC
- Apartment approvals plummet in November
- Banks losing business following rate hikes
- Four capitals see dwelling prices rise
- YBR sees 50% increase in settlements
- Sydney drives auction market decline
- Bank warns clients of ‘major correction’
- ME names new chairman
- Investor activity set to rise
- Melbourne’s 2016 investment hotspots revealed
- Non-major slashes mortgage rates
- Business confidence falls further
- YBR undergoes a brand refresh
- Banks ring in new year with rate cuts
- Former Decimal head joins Rubik
- Mortgage demand sees surprising surge
- Unemployment steady at 5.8%
- Investor loans could face major capital increase
- M&A activity reaches new highs
- Goldman Sachs to pay $7.25 billion
- 31 suburbs see house prices skyrocket
- Economist flags 'major downside risk' as housing activity peaks
- Real estate group scraps IPO
- Govt calls out housing affordability issues
- ING Direct CEO announces retirement
- Foreign investors eye new hotspot
- Mortgage arrears on the rise: S&P
- Decline in new home sales continues
- NSW moves to regulate peer-to-peer economy
- PwC flags recession risk
- Housing and financial services lift CPI
- Rate cuts leave loyal mortgage customers with little reward
- China now the 'main worry' for global markets
- Business confidence 'surprisingly robust'
- Mortgage demand falls over December quarter
- CPI figures ‘good news’ for home buyers
- Major bank exec steps down
- APRA confident banks will ‘absorb’ changes
- Liberty appoints NZ executives
- Bendigo Bank throws support behind bushfire victims
- Credit ratings agencies make ‘surprising’ comeback
- Mortgage delinquencies tipped to rise: Moody’s
- RBA makes first cash rate call of 2016
- RBA surprises market with first cash rate call of 2016
- BOQ announces board change
- Further cash rate cut on the horizon, says broker head
- YBR spends big on ‘major market-share push’
- Genworth names new CEO
- No 'imminent' downgrade for Australia: BlackRock
- Conditions ripe for corporate takeovers
- Spotcap raises almost $50m in funding
- China impact on real estate ‘overblown’
- Former Banksia boss joins major bank
- Bank welcomes new director
- Bank’s mortgage growth slows dramatically
- Financial services salaries to be ‘restricted'
- Owner-occupied rates drop 30 basis points
- Offshore investors to target Canberra
- Fall in business confidence continues
- Heritage appoints new operations chief
- KPMG issues M&A predictions
- BOQ to shed $15m in ‘fine-tuning’ operations
- Building approvals remain strong
- Negative gearing ‘a positive force’ for the economy
- Rate hikes rapidly changing borrower attitudes
- Financial services vital to economic prosperity
- Melbourne broker banned for four years
- SEQUAL appoints new chair
- Actuaries Institute names new president
- Home loan demand surges
- Bank boss calls out 'irrational' mortgage pricing
- Big four's home loan satisfaction rises
- ‘Plead guilty’ to rate rigging, ASIC warns banks
- Middle-ring suburbs focus of Sydney apartment boom
- Rabobank names new wholesale banking exec
- Negative gearing changes ‘disastrous’ for Queensland
- Industry body warns against change to housing GST
- Business confidence steady, conditions ease
- Banks chase agents and accountants for mortgage leads
- Heritage hungry for more investor loans
- Negative interest rates mean ‘unknown consequences’
- Units drive increase in new home sales
- Teachers Mutual tops industry for customer service
- Association warns against changes to housing tax
- More Chinese borrowers seeking non-banks
- Bendigo Bank to combat climate change
- COBA calls on govt to support mutuals
- Report shines light on unethical bank behaviour
- Mortgage competition ‘intense’ as discounting continues
- RMBS arrears rise further
- YBR announces major restructure
- Land supply policy 'ineffective'
- Heritage makes key appointments
- Lawyer slams ‘dangerous’ media reports on mortgage industry
- Small businesses demand a fair go for reform
- Outlook strong for Aussie M&A
- IPOs hit four-year high
- RBA to leave rates unchanged today
- Shorting Australian banks becoming a ‘crowded trade’
- Bank reveals merger plans
- Teachers Mutual cuts rates below 4%
- RBA reveals cash rate decision - March 2013
- RBA surprises market with rate decision
- REINSW dismisses negative gearing changes
- RBA tipped to cut rates this year
- Pepper sees record surge in mortgage originations
- Foreign banks hungry for Aussie mortgage market
- Dwelling approvals decline in January
- Confidence grows among businesses
- Big banks ‘won’t be replaced’: Macquarie
- ASIC takes major bank to court
- AMP reveals board changes
- Negative gearing changes could see values slide by 6%
- Major bank will ‘vigorously defend’ ASIC allegations
- Detached houses help lift new home sales
- Industry heavyweight calls for relaxed SMSF borrowing rules
- Negative gearing changes 'blatantly inequitable', says accountant
- Borrowers on ‘a collision course’ with banks: report
- Rising home loans to blame for declining affordability: REIA
- Tax ruling change could have ‘adverse’ impact on SMSF borrowing
- Banks display ‘resilience’ in reporting season
- Increased housing supply cooling house prices: RBA
- Home loan demand plummets for owner occupiers
- CUA to launch new $23m mortgage platform
- Land values rise further across capitals
- Liberty’s mortgage bonds receive AAA rating
- ‘Mum and dad’ investors face settlement risk
- APRA issues fresh warning to banks
- Business conditions recover in February
- Report shines light on cybercrime in financial services
- CBA's mortgage market share surges
- US Fed keeps rates steady
- Govt warned on housing reform
- Macquarie hit with additional licence conditions
- Credit card usage sees 79% surge
- Landowners can challenge valuations: lawyer
- SuiteBox appoints new chief
- DirectMoney announces new credit data deal
- ASX chief stands down
- Rubik announces capital raising
- Genworth ‘under pressure’ amid housing risks: Moody’s
- Adelaide home buyers seeking new apartments
- Mortgage ‘churn’ between major banks on the rise
- Major bank sounds alarm on bad debts
- Mortgage arrears continue to rise
- P2P funder announces rebrand
- Falling bank share prices ‘significant’, says RBA
- Bendigo Bank unveils share trading platform
- Pepper receives top ratings for RMBS
- Branded mortgages help drive record profit for ING Direct
- Genworth announces capital reduction
- Bank boss hungry for more market share
- Federal budget to delay rate cut: HSBC
- RMBS arrears and defaults to rise: Moody’s
- MyState doubles investor loan book
- RBA makes cash rate call - April 2016
- RBA makes surprising cash rate call
- Australia ‘particularly vulnerable’ to global downturn
- Industry figures respond to RBA decision
- P&N Bank achieves settlement milestone
- Auswide celebrates significant milestone
- Building approvals in recovery mode
- Qantas Credit Union becomes a bank
- Assetline expands SME offering
- Major banks face new funding hurdle
- BOQ adds $2bn to loan book amid market ‘challenges’
- Banks slam call for royal commission
- Don’t count Google out of the mortgage market
- Investors gain access to prime credit markets
- DirectMoney sees record month of loan settlements
- NSW hit by ‘sharpest slowdown’ in mortgage demand
- Investors seeking ‘sturdy’ mortgage trusts
- Confidence among businesses lifts again
- Mortgage arrears fall significantly in NSW
- Pepper searching for ‘next big thing’ in financial services
- Fear of further rate hikes drives spike in fixed-rate mortgages
- Rubik appoints new HR chief
- ‘No room’ for delayed banking reforms: COBA
- Investor loans at risk of default
- UK fund to back ThinCats Australia
- Home loan demand bounces back
- Mortgage fund makes billion-dollar breakthrough
- Resimac receives top ratings for prime RMBS
- HSBC names Australia’s global banking head
- Bendigo and Adelaide Bank admits to mortgage distribution flaws
- Business conditions hit eight-year high
- Royal commission won’t change major banks: COBA
- Fed Court appoints liquidators to land banking companies
- New land tax 'not politically feasible'
- FHBs continue to lose confidence
- Major real estate markets to 'slow dramatically'
- Bank slashes mortgage rates
- RBA sounds alarm on housing risks
- Moody’s issues federal budget warning
- Bendigo and Adelaide Bank recognised for ‘strong’ loan servicing
- WA broker cops permanent ban
- Banks to foot $121m bill for ASIC
- Industry to welcome new bank next month
- Bank of Sydney reduces fixed rate
- Banks to fund ASIC mortgage probe
- St George branch achieves high-class rating
- Economist highlights recession risk
- Analysis: Chinese money and Australian real estate
- Sydney broker cops permanent ban
- Bank inaction on fintech could 'prove fatal'
- Mortgage fraud rife among banks: economists
- Bank remuneration headed for independent review
- AMP appoints interim chairman
- Confidence in financial advice plummets
- Turnbull hits back at critics over negative gearing
- Consumer confidence drops below long-run average
- ‘Noisy’ bank reporting season ahead: UBS
- Mortgage manager hits billion-dollar milestone
- Global player set to spice up local mortgage market
- ANZ restructures mortgage team
- US leaves door open for June rate hike
- Credit Ombudsman supports industry review
- QTMB’s merger plans will have ‘limited impact’: Moody’s
- Genworth sees profits fall as market pressures mount
- ANZ teams up with Apple in banking first
- YBR director resigns
- RBA rate cut ‘may not be enough’
- Big four will remain strong, says Moody’s
- Reserve Bank reveals cash rate decision
- Reserve Bank surprises market with cash rate call
- MyState announces key board changes
- Industry figures applaud RBA cash rate call
- Bluestone prices $200m RMBS deal
- Business confidence continues upward trend
- Mortgage arrears to grow ‘modestly’: S&P
- Glenn Stevens to step down as RBA governor
- Industry expert calls for universal land taxes
- Genworth director announces retirement
- RBA names new governor
- Analysis: The aftermath of the 2016 budget
- Banks fail govt on small business credit
- Court approves bank merger
- YBR offers lowest rate on record
- Banks welcome government review
- Queensland bank set for rebrand
- Mortgage fraud claims spark strong reaction from big banks
- Goldfields Money completes capital raising
- Fintech threatens Australia’s major banks
- Resimac receives credit ratings boost
- Firstmac announces rate changes
- Financial services ‘most trusted’ on data, says Deloitte
- Tech-savvy customers favouring non-major banks
- Capital requirements hit bank profits
- Pepper Money announces national roadshow
- Customers help build ING Direct’s digital platform
- Mortgage rates continue to fall
- One major bank could ‘disappear’, says CEO
- RMBS arrears rise, auto delinquencies fall
- Housing affordability debate heats up
- Former AMP chairman laments culture
- Rubik to drive MyState’s digital banking transformation
- Consumer confidence on the mend
- BMM reduces rates by 1%
- Mortgage platform completes capital raising
- Report identifies big gap in mortgage distribution
- Cash rate to fall again in August: HSBC
- Foreign buyer restrictions could push prices up
- DirectMoney forced to turn away new business
- Bank boss offers fresh take on culture and conduct
- Firstmac receives top rating for RMBS
- Banks reinforce commitment to consumers
- Major banks could offload local subsidiaries
- 'Investors are supporting supply'
- Medcraft steps down as chairman
- Firstmac completes $500m RMBS issue
- US Fed ‘edging’ towards a rate rise: AMP
- Former PM joins negative gearing debate
- Lawyers warn new tax regime will impact mortgagees
- Apartment oversupply 'scary flavour of the month', says leading economist
- Apartment oversupply 'overstated'
- Spotcap reaches significant milestone
- Major disruptor hits local mortgage market
- Banks are now a ‘buy’, says fund manager
- Foreign investor taxes a 'gravely risky strategy'
- Chief economist predicts two more rate cuts by year end
- US economy is no ‘locomotive’
- Mortgage arrears continue upward trend
- CUA announces policy change for investors
- ‘It’s going to be a whole lot worse’: Montgomery
- Business confidence suffers budget aftershock
- Pioneer Credit founder joins Goldfields Money
- Banks hit back at proposal to break up the big four
- Banks ‘well capitalised’ to absorb shocks
- Housing affordability back to 2013 levels
- BOQ recognised for low-risk mortgage strategy
- MyState inks loan referral deal with DirectMoney
- ASIC bans former non-bank director
- Brexit could hit financial services
- Home sales outlook positive despite decline: HIA
- Rabobank reveals new CEO
- Investors face unprecedented hurdle in 2016
- BOQ director resigns
- Cash rate to remain steady: HSBC
- ‘Ingredients in place for Australian housing crash’
- ME cracks down on foreign borrowers
- RBA holds cash rate
- Reserve Bank makes cash rate decision
- NAB voted best bank by consumers
- New ING Direct chief takes over
- ‘Conflicting economic trends’ force RBA's cash rate call
- ASIC takes NAB to court
- Sydney market drives up national dwelling values
- Centrepoint simplifies structure through rebrand
- Loans.com.au slashes mortgage rate despite RBA decision
- ME cuts variable rates by up to 40 basis points
- Home loan volumes ‘elevated by historic standards’
- YBR appoints new director
- Banks warned of growing housing market risks
- How much is your business worth?
- Australian dollar facing ‘perfect storm’
- DirectMoney makes new board appointment
- Mutual banks outpace majors for mortgage growth
- WA leads nation for mortgage arrears
- P2P funder makes key appointment
- Suncorp Bank CEO to retire
- Foreign investor surcharge ‘potentially disastrous’
- Heritage recruits marketing veteran
- Class actions loom for mortgage professionals
- CUA cuts rates by up to 43 basis points
- World Bank slashes global growth forecast
- CEO slams ‘greedy’ government stance on foreign investors
- Banks ‘very concerned’ as developers struggle for pre-sales
- Regional investment a ‘super’ idea
- Low inflation could be a boon: HSBC
- SuiteBox announces key board appointments
- Govt attacked over 'knee-jerk reaction' to foreign buyers
- ThinCats receives funding boost
- Firstmac to be sold
- Incoming supply could dent Melbourne's house prices
- Securitisation could provide soft landing for non-performing loans
- Firstmac sale underscores ‘dilemma’ for non-banks
- ME cuts home loan rates
- NSW scraps mortgage duty
- Australia’s top mutual bank revealed
- Analysis: Is the mortgage industry ready for disruption?
- Bank doubles investor loan book value
- MFAA CEO steps down over ‘strategic differences’
- RBA bullish on apartments despite settlement risks
- Labor policy could wreak havoc on mortgage market
- Auswide cuts rates for investors
- Decimal appoints new chairman
- Investors own half of all Australian apartments
- Australian banks in ‘turmoil’, warns global firm
- Greater Bank introduces new investor rates
- Market mayhem as BBC calls Brexit outcome
- AMP appoints new chair
- Online platform inks $20m deal with bank
- Real estate ‘vectors of distress’ could bring banks down
- Loan arrears continue to rise
- Brexit: How it affects the local market
- ThinCats unveils new credit tool
- Mortgage industry threatened by new disruptors
- Investors ‘doubling up’ on Aussie real estate
- Non-major on a winning streak with mortgage sales
- Australia to ‘definitely’ lose AAA rating
- Foreign buyer tax ‘playing on xenophobia’
- New home sales facing downturn
- SuiteBox eyes Australasian expansion
- Blind eye to foreign money could end badly for banks
- Billions of dollars in mortgages still being switched
- Reserve Bank decides on cash rate
- RBA surprises market with cash rate decision
- Election limbo won’t hurt AAA rating: Moody’s
- Political uncertainty keeps rates on hold
- New dwelling approvals drop
- ING Direct announces rate discounts
- ‘Messy’ election will weigh on economy
- Decimal makes another key appointment
- DirectMoney announces capital raising
- Banks now ‘unquestionably strong’: APRA
- World’s most competitive economies revealed
- Firstmac recognised for ‘strong’ loan servicing
- Heritage Bank scoops up prestigious award
- S&P downgrades Australian outlook to ‘negative’
- Scottish Pacific executes expansion plans
- ME appoints new director
- SA goes against foreign investor tax
- Advantedge slashes rates by up to 60 basis points
- Government under pressure to appoint housing minister
- Competition pushing demand for mortgage professionals
- CBA partners with Xero in SME banking deal
- Popular bank exec to lead CoreLogic’s Australian business
- Banks face independent remuneration probe
- Rubik expands international footprint
- Scottish Pacific completes ASX listing
- Suncorp Bank reveals new variable mortgage offering
- Australia insulated from Italian bank risk
- Liberty recognised for loan servicing strength
- Industry association moves to repair public image
- Fresh fears raised over strength of Aussie banks
- ‘Mum and Dad’ investors are driving Australia’s rental market
- McGrath to 'focus on strengths' after appointing new CEO
- More banks join rate cut frenzy
- YBR chief steps down
- Stats point to ‘collapsing’ FHB market
- High household debt risky for banks: Moody’s
- Business confidence recovers
- Post-GFC home values surge in two capitals
- Banks must do better on cyber security: KPMG
- Major bank's $8 billion loan sale transforms M&A activity
- Non-banks announce merger
- Rising government debt ‘worrisome’: HSBC
- SuiteBox makes key appointment
- Major mortgage deal puts non-ADIs on par with banks
- Capital city house prices outpace Sydney
- Brexit provides real estate opportunities
- Major bank satisfaction hits three-year low
- Analysis: No LMI. No trail. No rate discounts. No good?
- ‘Bad loans are made in good times’, warns asset manager
- Victoria hardest hit with stamp duty
- Auswide ramps up customer focus with new recruit
- ING Direct introduces lowest ever variable rate
- Home loan demand continues to fall
- Banks and brokers deemed ‘unethical’ in damning new report
- Business outlook remains positive
- Bad debts to rise for regional bank, says analyst
- Unit construction activity rises, completions down
- Pepper Money announces rate discounts
- Low inflation paves way for rate cut
- Interest rates set to fall to historic low
- ‘Tsunami of supply’ to hit housing markets
- RBA makes cash rate call - Aug 2016
- CBA cuts rates by 13 basis points
- Second major bank slashes variable rates
- Third major bank cuts rates
- Melbourne sees largest decline is housing affordability
- Land price pressure slows, turnover falls
- Mortgage veteran to lead broker delegation to UK
- Bouris cuts staff and announces major company restructure
- Non-major inducted into Hall of Fame
- Non-major bank receives fresh credit outlook
- 5 things to know when selling your mortgage business
- Australian Unity changes gear on mortgage funds
- Majority of investors ‘losing’ money
- Major bank chief to retire
- Mortgage managers announce merger
- $1 million lost in tax scams
- Cup Day rate cut likely, says AMP Capital
- Bank bolsters distribution but margins under attack
- Broking franchise enters real estate market
- Bank boss defends rates after posting $5.2bn profit
- Banks confident they can explain rate decisions
- ‘We are kidding ourselves,’ warns RBA governor
- Younger generations face major money hurdles
- LMI player flags rising mortgage delinquencies in mining towns
- Banks hurting after opening doors to ‘anything and everything’
- Heritage Bank appoints interim chief
- Non-major slashes mortgage rates by half a per cent
- Bank’s 27% loan impairment spike no worry for ratings agency
- Regional bank prices $700m RMBS transaction
- Bad debts and margin squeeze hurts major bank profit
- Bank slashes rates by up to 30 basis points
- Rubik appoints institutional sales head
- DomaCom increases minimum raising ahead of IPO
- BDO drops Insolvency from Recovery division
- Bank gives brokers access to 4 million potential borrowers
- RBA keeping Australian dollar on a tight leash
- ‘Intense mortgage competition’ to reduce bank margins
- 'Stable' outlook for Australia's AAA rating
- Professional services firm hires ‘bank whisperer’
- Challenger bank sees significant increase in net interest margin
- Australian banks sued for monopolising trade
- Unit developments ‘on verge of being mothballed’
- Virgin Money doubles home loan rewards
- Big four’s ‘easy days seem to be behind them’
- AICC appoints new CEO
- Non-major diversifies funding with FRN issue
- Pepper sells $400m of home loans
- Major bank announces investor loan changes
- Real estate markets could get choppy, warns economist
- Analysis: Are the big four’s ‘easy days’ really behind them?
- Bank sizing up acquisition targets as industry consolidates
- Monetary policy faces strategic review at Jackson Hole
- Global player sees 77% surge in local mortgage settlements
- Bright outlook for US real estate
- Mortgage group profit drops 28%
- Low rates no help as 70% of Aussies struggle to pay mortgages
- Brokerage loan book pushes $50bn mark
- Construction activity plummets over June quarter
- Life insurance reforms hit adviser revenue
- Rising house prices and debt threaten NZ banking system
- Central bank policy poses risk to SMSFs, warns economist
- Banks join online platform, bid for $120m in home loans
- Customer-owned banking surpasses $100bn in assets
- NSW apartments help drive 11% rise in approvals
- ‘We need to think about failure’ of banks, says APRA boss
- Confidence falls in ‘eventful’ August
- Latest acquisition boosts bank's loan book by 14%
- Bouris bullish despite YBR's $9.5m loss
- Non-major bank cuts rates
- Bank in merger talks with credit union
- 2 in 3 Aussies don’t understand comparison rate
- Record decline in value of investor mortgages outstanding
- Rates to hold until 2017
- Value of ‘switching’ loans hits $43bn
- Australian economy faces ‘significant negative shocks’: report
- RBA surprises experts with cash rate call
- RBA makes cash rate announcement
- Growing risk of housing downturn, warns asset manager
- Mezzanine funder joins major banks on ‘de-risked’ Southbank deal
- Brokers in $100m bidding war with banks
- Heritage Bank bolsters executive team with key appointment
- Melbourne Cup Day rate cut on the cards
- ING Direct to refund $5.38m in super fees
- South-east Asian crowdfunder eyes mortgage market
- Bank boss talks royal commission and rate cuts
- Avoka on growth path with local bank deals
- Builders say apartment market is not booming
- ASIC issues warning as bank refunds $20m in fees
- Capital shortfall approaching GFC levels, warns economist
- Low interest rates drive surge in fixed rate home loans
- Bank boss on acquisition path
- New RBA deputy governor appointed
- Contagion risk still remains, says RBA
- Turnaround time ‘as important as rate’
- Government spending and housing drives Q2 GDP
- Major bank refunds $9.2m to customers
- New platform allows investors to buy part of a house
- Digital mortgage service wins major bank's backing
- Business conditions reach lowest level since January
- Australia’s largest brokerage focuses on Qld
- Apartment glut ‘theme park scary’
- PLAN seeks new CEO
- Capital city land prices rise in excess of home values
- Vacancy rates set to blow out
- Fed likely to raise funds rate in September
- 1 in 4 Aussies fear credit score will affect loan approval
- Home loan arrears dip lower in July
- Home ownership ‘in for a permanent change’
- Consumer confidence dips despite last week’s gain
- Credit union posts record net profit
- Fintechs to ‘shrink’ role of banks
- Mutual bank pre-tax profit surges by 6.46%
- MyState issues $10m of subordinated notes
- Vacancy rates drop, pushing rents up
- 30% of FHBs worry about paying their mortgage
- Major bank prices $800m debt issue
- RBA ‘not inflation nutters’, says new governor
- BOQ appoints new non-executive director
- Economy transitioning from mining construction “over-dependence”
- Aussies feeling financial pinch prone to anxiety
- Dwelling constructions rebound in wake of slowdown
- US Fed’s decision to hold rates ‘both good and bad’
- Australian population pushes past 24 million mark
- NSW planning system has ‘long way to go’
- Worsening arrears due to ‘high underemployment’
- Banks’ failure to pass rate cut 'not unexpected'
- RBA ‘shouldn’t just rely on low interest rates’ to assist economy
- Major bank raises $1.7bn of capital
- Mortgages reliant on dual-incomes present 'potential risk'
- Bubble risk ‘eminent’ in Sydney
- Non-major grows loan book to $8.7bn
- Firstmac prices $600m RMBS issue
- ‘Little risk’ of oversupply for Sydney
- Regional bank acquires $1.35bn portfolio
- Dwelling resale losses increase nationally
- FHBs struggle to buy in areas they want
- 'Brighter days' ahead for non-residential construction
- Increasing house value can expose owners to “economic shocks”
- Sydney house prices need to drop 25% for future affordability
- Home sales make ‘partial recovery’ in August
- RBA tipped to hold rates today
- RBA makes cash rate call - 2016
- RBA makes cash rate call - Oct 2016
- RBA makes cash rate call - October 2016
- Banks to implement customer advocate role
- City dwelling values increase while rental yields decrease
- Bank bill swap rate rigging to become criminal offence
- Three-quarters of parents still pay for adult children
- Capital city listings rise
- Half of Aussie home owners experiencing ‘grief’ over mortgages
- Big four made $67.9m by delaying August cash cuts
- Consumer confidence remains ‘volatile’
- Mutual bank and credit union to merge
- Sydney home building reaches 16-year high
- November rate cut ‘likely’
- Pepper prices largest RMBS deal in a decade
- State surplus could provide relief to FHBs
- Virgin Money home loans boost challenger bank profits
- November rate cut likely to be the last
- Median selling prices ‘have not doubled’ over decade
- Non-major bank names new director
- Banks must deal with ‘prickly issues’ to avoid headline shame
- Banking review pushes for tracker mortgages
- One in five mortgages now under 4%
- Bermuda-based fund manager to control mortgage supergroup
- Leading building society rules out bank move
- No ‘viable market opportunity’ for tracker mortgages
- Foreign investor headwinds to have major impact on real estate
- Record-low rates drive office yields to pre-GFC lows
- Unit prices to tumble by 9%
- Non-bank perplexed at ASIC offset warning
- Banking industry calls for revised complaints framework
- More borrowers opt for variable rates amid rate cut uncertainty
- Public support for bank royal commission falls
- Improved outlook to keep RBA ‘on sidelines’
- FHOG boost little help for regional Queensland
- Tracker mortgages ‘should not be mandated’
- Suncorp Bank announces discounted home loan rates
- House price crash 'unlikely', says chief economist
- Aussie banking system ‘remains in good shape’
- Brokerage chair attacks ‘cookie cutter’ proxy advisers
- RMBS investors eye credit quality amid broker review
- UBank founder named CEO of Australia’s newest bank
- APRA to probe banker salaries
- Mortgage ad targets digitally-savvy borrowers
- 'Unprecedented' mortgage discounting to come to an end
- Foreign debt could haunt Australia: S&P Global
- Mortgage arrears rise to highest level in years
- Bank benefits from ‘avocado gate’
- Bankers' CEO to step down
- Banking group snaps up real estate portal
- Non-bank captures investor market, doubles mortgage flow
- ING: Research your neighbours before buying
- APRA taps banks for more mortgage data
- Residential land prices climb to ‘all-time high’
- Banks taking 'positive steps' on reforms
- Major bank makes key appointment
- Bank educates borrowers amid ‘community angst’ over rates
- Non-residential construction at 'very high levels'
- Regional bank considers M&A deals in ‘challenging’ market
- ‘Messy’ CPI result could stay RBA’s hand
- FIIG JV funding developers as banks avoid sector
- Homes over $2m becoming the norm
- Small banks still ‘hamstrung’ by mortgage risk weights, says CEO
- Major bank to refund $105m in fees
- Warning over 'profit destructive' home loan
- Global player sees mortgage portfolio rise as profits drop
- RBA likely to cut rates in 2017: AB
- Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra house prices reach record levels
- Major bank to sell $11bn loan portfolio
- RBA tipped to ‘sit tight’ on rate today
- MyState prices $300m in RMBS
- S&P revises banks’ credit outlook to ‘negative’ amid housing risks
- RBA makes cash rate announcement
- Regional NSW and VIC house prices tick up
- Mortgage group names new GM
- RBA: ‘Inflation expected to pick up over the next two years’
- Non-bank sees mortgage book rise 24%
- Trump ‘bad news’ for Australia, warns economist
- Apartment approvals fall 17.5%
- Capital city dwelling values reach ‘new record highs’
- Tim Brown leaves YBR and won’t be replaced
- Major bank looking at tracker mortgages
- Data groups join forces to track home loan LVRs
- ANZ CIO steps down as bank names new tech boss
- SMSFs warned on ‘off-the-plan nightmares'
- Major bank committed to branch network as broker business falls
- Auction markets continue strong run into November
- Analysis: The financial services revolution
- Westpac boss urges government to take advantage of low rates
- Bank branches and call centres to go by 2030
- Non-bank closes first CMBS deal
- Record-breaking bank profits over: EY
- Trump victory a lesson in brand power
- Business conditions exhibiting ‘clear downward trend'
- Non-bank integrates mortgage book following merger
- Risk-averse banks holding fintech back: report
- Smaller capitals to overtake Sydney and Melbourne
- Mistrust of banks has become ‘entrenched’, says Turner
- Banks warned against ‘rolling the dice’ as growth slows
- Large capitals lose economic momentum
- Bank business models under threat: EY
- New banking platform signs first ADI client
- Nearly two-thirds of Aussies worried about retirement funds
- Rising debt fears could spell end of RBA rate cuts
- Digital revolution ‘a strategic crisis’ for banks
- Bank behaviour ‘disappointing’, says shadow minister
- Non-bank prices $145m RMBS re-issue
- Stamp duty costs prompt homeowners to renovate
- ABA issues guideline for dealing with financial abuse
- CBA exec to lead non-major bank
- Subprime mortgages now 25% of RMBS market: RBA
- New borrowers pose ‘highest risk’ to banks
- Bank hikes variable home loan rates
- Women lead digital banking revolution
- Lack of growth to stifle bank returns
- Bank takes 15% profit hit over cheaper rates
- Super assets reach $2.1 trillion
- S&P warns of 'significant risks' to bank credit quality
- Construction slump could trigger spike in unemployment
- Rates hikes and ‘significant power’ of majors under scrutiny
- Bank reprices SVR mortgages
- Government inquiry calls for banking tribunal
- Banks admit to cartel conduct
- Non-major bank to merge with credit union
- Former YBR boss lands new role
- Housing loan arrears surge 25% higher
- Tribunal recommendation ‘a win for major banks’
- Rate hikes on the horizon, says mortgage boss
- AMP changes leadership team
- Bank profits down 25%, impaired assets up 10%: APRA
- OECD flags housing risks, tips rates to rise in 2017
- Consumer confidence ticks up
- ACCC looks to block banks from boycotting Apple
- New home sales drop to two-year low
- S&P reveals top credit risks for region in 2017
- Non-major raises serviceability fears as rate hikes loom
- LJ Hooker boss quashes IPO rumours
- ABCC restored to ‘rid industry of toxic practices’
- Dwelling approvals plunge in October
- Loss of AAA rating bad news for borrowers
- Major bank CEO confirms mortgage rates will rise out-of-cycle
- ‘I would be looking to exit the market’: Joye
- Investor confidence decreases in November
- Cash rate to hold today, rise in 2017: RateCity
- Non-bank announces major acquisition
- RBA makes cash rate call - Dec 2016
- ASX to take over BBSW administration
- RBA holds rates on ‘strengthened’ housing market
- Latest round of rate hikes ‘a sign of what's to come’
- Stamp duty debate ongoing
- RBA could cut rates to offset mortgage repricing
- Mutual boss ‘not interested’ in online mortgage platforms
- Suncorp Bank lifts investor rates
- Challenger bank hikes variable rates
- Mortgage arrears up by 25%
- Major bank loses $2 billion in investor loans
- Staffing v Systemisation — getting the most out of your business
- AMP Capital real estate funds raise over $1bn
- Housing contraction contributing to GDP decline
- S&P raises MyState Bank rating to BBB+
- ‘All the signs of a bubble are there’: Murray
- Lowest level of first home buyers in 25 years
- Rental yields hit record low in November
- 'Unsustainable' mortgage pricing drives bank to lift rates
- Pressure mounting on bank assets: Moody’s
- Banks must close the 'trust gap', says Westpac
- ‘RBA will cut again,’ says economist
- Bank announces changes to fixed and variable mortgage rates
- Apple Pay now available to FlexiGroup cards customers
- Real estate boss slams NSW government's $4bn ‘revenue party’
- Non-bank names new CEO
- Regional bank changes fixed and variable rates
- Weak GDP data hits consumer confidence
- Non-mining economy ‘losing steam’ as business conditions fall
- Bank to reprice investor home loans in 2017
- Bank changes fixed and variable rates
- Return to crisis-era spreads may lead to downgrades
- Federal Court fines banks for cartel conduct
- Major bank boss says market is ‘dominated by headwinds’
- Turnbull pushes for Australian financial hub
- RBA unlikely to follow the Fed by lifting rates
- ‘Possible for one of the big four banks to fail’: NAB
- Home renovations set to bolster new home building
- Board changes at RBA
- Non-residential construction to buck mining slowdown
- Non-bank mortgage arrears fall as big four delinquencies rise
- Non-major pays $530K for breaching consumer credit laws
- Victoria ‘fastest growing population’ in the country
- Bank makes two senior executive appointments
- 8 market predictions for 2017
- Asset trader makes ‘outrageous’ 2017 predictions
- Access to open data ‘where the world is heading’
- Apartment glut could be ‘short-lived’, says economist
- Chinese market doesn’t sleep, says Ellis
- New head of investments at Standard Life
- Economy ‘weak but benign’ says CEO
- House prices tipped to fall up to 25% in Sydney and Melbourne
- Trump presidency not a big threat to Asia
- ANZ sells stake in Chinese bank for $1.8bn
- Major mortgage players embrace new distribution channels
- Suncorp Bank hikes home loan and business rates
- Banking loan portfolio reaches $1.51 trillion
- Only 11% would sell home to fund retirement
- Emotional Brexit rhetoric puts banks at risk
- Majors' mortgage customers drag down satisfaction levels
- ZipID partnerships push for ‘standard’ ID checks
- New Chinese real estate marketplace offers international listings
- QBE increases investor rates
- Major bank gives $200 to 2017 babies
- Apartments drive rebound in dwelling approvals
- Young, affluent borrowers most exposed to rate rises
- Job ads ‘fall sharply’ in December
- Capital city home values rise
- Non-bank boss warns of funding pressures
- Consumer confidence reaches 15-week high
- HSBC says housing construction boom is ‘near its peak’
- Bank apologises for customer account glitch
- Major bank tipped to offload $3bn of assets
- REA Group makes $70m investment in India
- Stamp duty ‘key barrier’ to affordability
- Mortgages ‘not expensive relative to rent’, finds bank
- OnDeck makes key appointment
- Non-major names new head of retail banking
- Big four bank changes fixed rate home loans
- US banks face underwriting challenge
- Ratings agency pays $1.1bn in GFC settlement
- High household debt changes bank outlook to ‘negative’
- 2017 will be better than you think: Deloitte
- Serviceability no longer a point of difference, says non-major
- Non-major cuts mortgage rates
- Remuneration report exposes ‘inconvenient truth’
- ‘Out of hand’ investors could trigger RBA hike
- Brisbane apartments heading for oversupply
- DocuSign names new CEO
- Mainland Chinese buyer demand ‘stronger than ever’
- Govt urged to tackle banking ‘oligopoly’
- HIA welcomes government focus on housing
- Banks ‘committed’ to improving customer trust
- Trump inauguration marks 'whole new world'
- Major bank reveals remuneration changes
- Warning over off-the-plan deposits
- Australian bank oligopoly ‘alive and well’
- Banks and tech players in digital mortgage race
- Stamp duty review ‘necessary immediately’: REINSW
- Major bank makes dramatic change to housing outlook
- Inflation plummets to 20-year low
- Melbourne median breaks $750k mark
- Sydney mortgage broker permanently banned
- High mortgage exposure pushes up banking risk
- Banks commit to further industry reforms
- Post-Christmas debt tipped to hit $397m
- $1.6bn worth of apartments deferred in Q4 2016
- Australia’s housing markets ‘severely unaffordable’
- Mortgage default not yet a ‘big issue’, says economist
- Bouris delivers $40bn book following restructure
- Mining slowdown sparks negative equity risk
- Major banks to face parliamentary scrutiny over pricing
- Bank refunds $4.9m for overcharging interest on home loans
- Mortgage exec joins Australia’s newest bank
- Rebound in business conditions unlikely to be sustained
- Major bank appoints chief data officer
- Tasmania’s economy reaching new highs
- RBA makes cash rate call - Feb 2017
- Surprise RBA move on rates
- HIA names new deputy MD
- Banking association calls for new compensation scheme
- Global economy ‘on a knife edge’
- ‘Booming house prices’ contributing to Millennial pessimism
- RBA tipped to emphasise ongoing low inflation
- Opportunity for rate cut remains, says ME
- LMI giant rethinks business model as profits plummet
- Former major bank home loan manager jailed
- Failed projects fuel apartment undersupply fears
- ‘Sharp competition’ pressuring mortgage profitability
- Aussies losing $8.3bn in savings every year
- Melbourne properties selling fastest of any capital city
- Non-major bank lifts rates
- Household debt could lead to economic ‘catastrophe’
- Housing body calls for proposed changes to be ‘expedited’
- Industry body calls out ‘failed’ housing agreement
- Business conditions jump in January
- 90% of Aussies see ‘Great Australian Dream’ as unachievable
- Land lot prices rise to record high
- Consumer confidence falls for second week straight
- Housing market ‘not all about owning home’, says RBA
- Former QLD premier appointed ABA CEO
- Equity release company partners with credit union
- Auction volumes surpass 2,000 for first time in 2017
- ‘Strong negative turn’ in investor sentiment could correct market
- Ratio of household debt to income ‘at record high’
- Nationals MP calls for deposit-free home buying
- Helping older Australians could unlock housing supply
- Construction falls for second quarter in a row
- Listed brokerage settles record number of loans
- SuiteBox breakthrough to speed up deal flow
- Mortgage demand in NSW and Victoria at ‘historic high’
- Global player sees 36% surge in local mortgages
- Loan arrears in December up by a fifth
- 2017 will be ‘watershed’ year for blockchain
- Major bank makes strategic appointment
- Mike Baird joins big four bank
- Non-major sees drop in loan approvals
- Major bank releases largest Australian green bond
- RBA: ‘We do not expect inflation to fall further’
- ‘Worrying hotspots’ in bank books, warns analyst
- GDP rebounds strongly in Q4
- Challenger bank calls for credit card reforms
- Dwelling approvals exceed market expectations
- OECD housing alarm ‘nothing new’, says economist
- Auction clearance rates slip
- NSW must trump Victoria on housing reform: Cunningham
- RBA announces cash rate decision
- FHB numbers increase in December quarter
- Banks tipped to ‘benefit massively’ from open data
- Rental listings climb higher
- ‘Historic boom will mean a historic reversal’, says BIS
- Genworth loses another major contract
- Business 101 — you're only as good as your last performance
- Mortgage demand unwavering
- Home loan settlements surge 54% for challenger bank
- Industry body welcomes residential zone changes
- Mortgage delinquencies on the rise: Moody’s
- Heritage Bank appoints COO
- Banks can withstand a housing downturn: RBA
- Investors to be smashed by mortgage repricing
- Online mortgage marketplace offers insurance rebate
- Aussie borrowers ‘will not be unscathed’ by US Fed’s rate hike
- ASX-listed banking group directors step down
- ING ‘fifth largest retail bank in mortgages’
- Home ownership ‘beyond reach of a whole generation’
- ‘Widespread failure’ on adviser reference checks
- Investor activity making a market comeback
- More than a third of mortgagors worry about job security
- ‘Disgraceful’: ASIC boss slams mortgage market
- Shergold to retire from AMP board
- ‘Negative’ Genworth outlook could impact RMBS ratings
- Mortgage rate hikes could force RBA’s hand
- Regional bank’s $782m RMBS rated ‘highest quality’ by Moody’s
- Home loan arrears climb 19% year-on-year
- Consumer confidence falls for third week straight
- Bank chief confirms ‘channel of choice’ for home loans
- Non-major follows big four with variable rate hike
- Home renovations set to boom
- Commonwealth Bank names new group CFO
- Count Financial wins case over negligent advice
- Pepper breaks record with $900 RMBS transaction
- Chinese buyers to cushion housing correction: Credit Suisse
- A quarter of Australians worry about money daily
- Financial services exec joins FSC board
- AMP increases P&I and interest-only rates
- Challenger bank increases investor rates by 0.25 per cent
- Major bank offers assistance package to Cyclone Debbie customers
- RBA: Funding costs ‘little changed’ since mid-2016
- ‘Hard times ahead’ for home loan borrowers
- Challenger bank increases investor home loan rates
- Credit union awarded 5-star home loan rating
- Bank profits down 6% in ‘intensely competitive market’
- ABA supports ‘significant changes’ suggested by banking review
- CPI tipped to lift to 2%
- Prudential policy ‘greatest concern’ for mortgage market
- RBA tipped to hold rates today - April 2017
- RBA makes cash rate call - April 2017
- Shock RBA move on rates
- Surprise RBA decision on rates
- Non-major increases rates on investment loans
- Major bank to improve security with voice biometrics
- IO crackdown may have “bigger impact on owner-occupiers”
- Half of mortgagors fear financial stress through illness
- New building approvals hit six-month high: HIA
- APRA sets firm eye on bank capital standards
- Home loan arrears rise in all states
- Stamp duty reform ‘well overdue’
- Rate rises would make 34% of FHBs less likely to buy
- CoreLogic appoints new state director
- Bank highlights housing affordability in new video series
- Demand for home loans dips in February
- ‘Trump effect’ causing Chinese buyers to eye Australia
- Affordable housing touted as new asset class
- Challenger bank giveaway promotes financial literacy
- Non-bank prices $1bn RMBS transaction
- High household debt could ‘amplify’ impact of housing downturn
- Underlying economy healthy despite volatile business conditions: NAB
- Consumer confidence makes solid recovery
- Investors could generate risks to future health of economy
- Banks recognise benefit of ‘open data’
- NSW apartment construction continues to surge
- Household debt vulnerabilities ‘increasing’: RBA
- Former developer arrested and charged
- Housing markets warrant ‘careful monitoring’: RBA
- Banks defend ‘soft dollar’ and volume-based incentives
- Rate hikes don’t dampen housing optimism
- Interest-only mortgage glut sparks default risk
- Major bank lifts fixed interest rates
- Home loans in arrears fall unexpectedly
- National median house price reaches new record high
- RBA still anxious about housing credit
- ANZ breaks rank on banking reform
- ANZ to sell Vietnamese retail banking arm
- Funding pressures not to blame for rate hikes, says RBA
- Inflation reaches highest rate since 2014
- Labor vows to stop SMSF borrowing
- Housing market peaked but not set to ‘crash’
- Short supply drives hike in land prices
- Sandstone names new CEO
- Brokers help drive record originations for Pepper
- Tyro Payments co-founder to depart
- Banks announce home loan rate changes
- APRA’s ‘blunt instrument’ a win for major banks
- Big four agree to scrap non-monetary covenants for SMEs
- RBA expected to leave rates on hold
- Conditions slow in nation’s hottest housing markets
- RBA makes cash rate call - May 2017
- One in five Aussies expect to retire with a mortgage
- Major bank sees cash profit soar by 23%
- Mortgage stress showing ‘worrying parallels’ to GFC
- PIPA urges government to adopt ‘sensible’ measures
- Budget tipped to address ‘fairness’ in housing
- Wrong housing policies could ‘exacerbate’ stability concerns
- Major bank sees mortgages portfolio reach $320bn
- Debt binge has left Australians exposed to future shocks: RBA
- Majority believe ‘affordable’ houses cost under $600,000
- RBA continues to ‘monitor risks’ to household balance sheets
- Non-bank boss ‘confused’ by ASIC broker comments
- Half of FHBs don’t think super would help secure home
- Auction rates reveal a ‘softening trend’
- Economy to face challenges as housing boom ‘unwinds’
- Major bank chief predicts inner-city housing downturn
- Residential building approvals post sharp decline
- Foreign firms could 'colonise' Australian banking
- Housing affordability measures announced in budget
- New measures seek to improve banking competition
- Analysis: The missing piece in Australian housing
- Regional Queensland rental market shows ‘promising signs’
- Government has ‘no intention’ of reducing foreign investment
- Budget's bank accountability measures ‘a positive step’
- Housing risks not addressed in budget: Moody’s
- Bank’s mortgage book grows 5% in three months
- Non-banks ‘shouldn't be wary’ of APRA's new powers
- APRA’s new powers would make RMBS ‘credit positive’
- ‘Disastrous consequences’ could flow from bank tax, says ABA
- Chinese money ‘a godsend’ to Australia
- Big four look to stall levy, warn over funding costs
- Government responds to big four bank review
- RBA warns of Brisbane apartment glut
- Major bank embarks on ‘large-scale tech transformation’
- 9 in 10 parents worry about housing affordability
- Bank decreases interest rate on home loan
- ABA: Bank tax policy process gone from ‘bad to worse’
- More housing supply not driving down prices, says AHURI
- S&P affirms AAA but ‘negative watch’ to stay
- Global bank’s broker play informed by overseas markets
- Law firm considers impact of banking executive regime
- Job loss poses severe threat to mortgage holders
- Major bank says new levy will cost $370m a year
- ‘Increased risk of a sharp correction’: S&P
- Non-banks see biggest improvement in arrears
- AMP names new director
- Bank boss cites APRA curbs amid sluggish growth
- Major bank levy rate ‘could be lifted’: Deutsche Bank
- Headwinds increasing for third-party channel: Morningstar
- Economists flag IO mortgage risks amid ‘sub-prime’ fears
- Non-major CEO slams S&P downgrade
- Treasury ‘watching the housing market closely’
- APRA controls on non-banks could trigger ‘credit crunch’
- Housing construction posts ‘significant fall’
- Moody’s downgrades China’s credit rating
- Sydney and Melbourne ‘have peaked’: AMP Capital
- Govt accused of copying UK banking ‘playbook’
- Treasury sounds alarm on ‘risky’ housing market
- ACCC could steer borrowers away from the big four
- Report calls for land tax to replace stamp duty
- APRA boss clarifies position on house prices, budget measures
- Bankers chest-beating over levy changes
- NSW government announces housing reforms
- Sentiment turns, investors exit as housing comes off the boil
- Most affordable suburbs in Australia revealed
- Recession likely in the coming years: Pimco
- Regional markets showing ‘substantial’ LVR variability
- FHB reforms could be ‘self-defeating’ if prices surge
- Heritage boss reveals digital transformation plans
- Analyst raises concerns over $52bn in reclassified loans
- Bank cuts loan processing times by 99%
- RBA announces cash rate decision
- Mortgage refinancing to become paperless
- FHBs need to save for 40 years for deposit: UBS
- Former third-party boss to join Genworth
- Delinquency rates on the rise in 2017
- Credit giant to replace Australian MD
- BOQ has ‘fixed’ its broker problems: Morningstar
- Channel conflict: have your say
- Housing has become ‘largest risk’ to Australia: OECD
- UBS flags reverse mortgage risk as market turns
- NSW government accused of funnelling FHBs into apartments
- ‘We are in the midst of a crisis,’ says Percy
- Teachers Mutual lifts variable rates
- Australia headed down UK path, says Weston
- Banks announce new reference-checking rules
- ‘Upbeat’ business sector contrasts with ‘disheartened’ household sector
- Developers to receive funding for ‘unsold apartments’
- Aussies more interested in mobile phones than mortgages
- Major banks warn of higher prices
- Housing sentiment hits record low: CoreLogic
- The gig economy and the finance industry – friends or foes?
- Rental market could tarnish Australian dream: Deloitte
- RBA bullish on economy despite housing and debt risks
- Cash rate cut more likely than a hike
- AMP hits investors with 35-point hike, cuts LVR to 50%
- Brokers help Firstmac hit $8bn milestone
- ING DIRECT appoints new APAC chief economist
- Latest rate hike 'not in response to bank levy'
- Big four downgraded over housing risks
- Aussies paying $9 a week in bank fees
- ASIC and AFP investigating bank levy leak
- APRA curbs will drive apartment oversupply: BIS
- Big bank oligopoly ‘pricing power’ will prevail
- Bank cuts investor LVRs to 50%, hikes rates
- New CFO appointed at Latitude Financial Services
- RBA downplays bank levy impact
- Rates hikes driving home loans arrears: S&P
- Super fees likely to decline
- Bankers slam SA government’s ‘outrageous cash grab’
- ‘Tax man’ to offset investor rate hikes
- SA bank levy could open the floodgates: UBS
- Banks, ACCC slammed over rate hikes
- Fresh warnings over rising debt levels
- REA boss explains mortgage strategy
- Major bank exec joins APRA
- Fall in home-ownership not surprising, says CoreLogic
- RBA hikes could push mortgage rates to 7 per cent
- Paying off mortgage the ultimate financial goal for Aussies
- Indigenous home ownership rates improving but still low: Census
- Major mortgage groups under pressure
- FHB tax breaks could become redundant
- UBS chief economist Scott Haslem resigns
- PwC partner to become new CUA chair
- Bank hikes rates by 80 points following ‘competitor movements’
- RBA announces official cash rate call
- Banks grow books by $9.2bn
- Sedgwick missed bank culture issues, Senate hears
- ING lifts IO rates by 35 points
- ‘Wealthy minority’: offset mortgages balance debt boom
- Housing approvals down by nearly 20 per cent
- Customer-owned banking sector at a disadvantage: COBA
- Banks know ‘no one likes them’: economist
- Chinese investment flows ‘decrease markedly’
- Nine in 10 resales gained profit in Q1 2017
- 2016 Census state-by-state breakdown of mortgages
- Auswide increases rates for investment loans
- Bank busted for ownership non-disclosure
- Australian housing market at ‘turning point’: HSBC
- LMI player ‘at the frontline’ of rising delinquencies
- Artificial intelligence could help customers reach home ownership goal
- MSA National hits digital transformation milestone
- Medium-density housing on the rise
- HashChing partners with e-conveyancer to remove settlement ‘pain’
- US recession ‘likely’ in a few years: Pimco
- Advantedge lifts variable rates
- APRA to have ‘stronger powers’ over bankers
- Nearly a fifth of people turned down for a loan
- Travel expenses for investors no longer deductible
- SuiteBox appoints chief revenue officer
- Non-banks to march to the beat of APRA’s drum
- Capital city dwelling values grow for nearly 20 years straight
- End of NSW’s housing ‘reign’ is ‘within sight’
- ‘Strong trend’: Equifax mortgage data signals market correction
- Ageing demographic presents opportunity for brokers
- Rate hikes to follow APRA’s latest move
- Pepper to acquire Portuguese bank
- Get ready for eight rate hikes, says bank
- Value of mortgages in arrears falls by $30m
- RBA warns of mortgage competition risks
- Bankwest to lift rates for existing borrowers
- Turnbull warns on rate hikes, debt risks
- Government consults on draft housing affordability package
- China cracks down on overseas investments
- 1 in 10 Australians puts tax rebates towards mortgages
- Foreign apartment investment to plummet as construction winds down
- Attempts to curb investment futile as China’s GDP swells
- Major bank raises investor rates by 31 basis points
- Investors increasingly buying older properties
- Perth market entering its recovery period
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- ANZ wins FHB Canstar Bank of the Year
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- Mutuals lift IO rates by up to 50 bps
- Sydney mortgages require ‘two standard incomes’: HIA
- Home ownership rate among young Aussies falls by 10%
- $1.3b of loans reclassified as housing credit grows 6.6%
- Mortgage insurer's profits drop by 35% as delinquencies rise
- Fixed rate demand at ‘highest levels in three years’
- KordaMentha blasts ‘primitive’ response to housing affordability
- RBA sees ‘favourable’ situation for the major banks
- ‘Orderly unwinding’ in housing market likely: S&P
- NSW housing need set to grow ‘substantially’ by 2025
- RBA flags issue with non-major turnaround times
- Entry requirements for broking ‘too low’
- Pepper to be snapped up for $675m
- COBA chief steps down
- AMP mortgage book up by 18% to $18.2bn
- Pepper to consolidate rather than invest
- Markets reacted ‘incorrectly’ to 3.5% rate talk, says Lowe
- ‘Best’ brokerages open to varied skill sets and experience: recruiter
- Frank Ganis joins major brokerage
- CBA to refund $10m for mis-selling CCI
- Ownership of distribution channels a ‘significant advantage’
- Narev’s departure ‘part of an orderly process’
- ANZ confirms home loan strategy, channel preference
- 'Marginal’ borrower activity critical to financial stability: RBA
- Medium-density approvals see sharpest fall in four years
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- 74% think ‘rentvesting’ is a good strategy
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- Mutual cuts rates by up to 31bps
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- Housing stock under $400,000 falls to 31% in 10 years
- Sydney market ‘starting to decline’, Melbourne peaking
- Bank behaviour warrants royal commission: Ripoll
- Customers, brokers question bank ethics and culture
- Banks, brokers accused of 'aggressive' tactics to win clients
- IO flow plunges by 8% at major bank
- High Court challenge on the cards if SA bank levy passed
- Vast majority of working-age Aussies worry about money
- Big banks wary of BEAR
- Non-major sees renovation applications nearly double
- Low housing turnover signalling ‘warning bells’ for housing industry
- Affordability issues have borrowers turning to mum and dad
- Arrears fall nationwide in June
- ‘More work to be done’ in improving trust: ABA
- Interest-only loans proving less popular
- Sydney market at end of cycle, says McGrath
- Homeloans expands IO offering
- Limited supply, increased demand threaten 'Great Australian Dream'
- Bank executives could be subject to clawbacks
- McGrath says Sydney won’t be subject to 40% correction
- Apartment approvals nosedive by nearly 30%
- Banking sector not a 'free market nirvana': Treasurer
- National housing conditions hold steady despite Sydney's slowdown
- Banks need to work on public image, say experts
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- Economic shocks ‘will occur’: RBA
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- Little movement in home values nationwide, latest data finds
- Supply-demand mismatch ‘remains acute’
- RBA eyes 3% growth amid ‘troughed’ inflation
- FHBs come out to play despite affordability downturn
- ‘Now is not the time for punitive charges’: HIA
- Housing affordability package laid in Parliament
- Securitiser assets grow to $3.7bn: ABS
- Nearly a third of FHBs needs leg-up from parents
- Average FHB loan jumps by $4K in one month
- Business financing shackled by 'power and control' of banks
- BEAR is ‘absolutely the right thing to do’
- Foreign buyers slugged in WA budget
- RBA: FHBs ‘crowded out of the market by higher housing prices’
- Aussie banks hold $500bn in ‘liar loans’: UBS
- ‘Major flaw’ with mortgage comparison rates, says CEO
- IO caps still being ‘nutted out’, says CEO
- Nearly one-third of Aussies prefer fixed rates
- APRA taken to task over banks’ back book repricing
- Pepper names new CEO
- Morningstar rejects ‘doomsday’ UBS report
- Profits surge as settlements rise by 36% for non-major
- DomaCom pushes into retirement space
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- ‘Melbourne has stolen Chinese buyers’: Juwai
- Recession unlikely but vulnerabilities exist
- Banking competition 'eroded' underwriting standards: APRA
- ANZ finds buyer for China bank stake
- CUA ‘impacted by extremely competitive market’
- Bitcoin headed for a 'spectacular collapse'
- Small shock could trigger ‘serious correction’, warns RBA
- ABA backs radical changes to banking
- Market competition: A primary hurdle for growth
- Sydney SMSF spruiker cops permanent ban
- Debt control: too little, too late?
- Big four scrap ATM fees
- RateSetter completes $10.5m capital raising
- Equifax Australia ‘not compromised’ by security breach
- Regional bank follows majors in scrapping ATM fees
- Banks condemn 7-day BEAR consultation
- Pepper receives updated proposal from KKR Credit
- Potential for sharp corrections has 'spiked': S&P
- Australia fast becoming a leader in alternative funding
- Bullish investors 'unsure' of P&I, refinancing challenges
- Bank CEO steps down
- McGrath plots market recovery with social media
- Banks are facing an 'iceberg' of issues, says former exec
- Report: Chinese, US banks more trusted than ours
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- MyState announces board changes
- New measures aim to protect Indigenous Australians from scams
- Loan management platform ‘empowers bank of mum and dad’
- AusSuper sells down ME Bank stake
- RBA makes cash rate decision
- Increasing number of loans being reclassified
- iSelect doubles down on Asian market
- Securitised student loans performing ‘quite well’
- Mortgage schemes class order remade
- Australian households ‘too big to fail’: Morningstar
- IMF ‘surprised’ by post-GFC debt appetite
- Ensurance board shake-up amid expansion plans
- Financial dispute numbers reach new record high
- Where are Australia’s ‘hottest’ rentvestor suburbs?
- Dwelling approvals and sales up for August, but still low
- 'No such thing as the Australian housing market', says CBA
- Banks need a ‘better cost structure’: Narev
- Major bank to roll out CCR next year
- Open banking leaves clients vulnerable
- Billionaires bet big on digital mortgage players
- 'Australia will almost certainly have a recession': HSBC
- Major bank CEO defends ‘judgement’ to reprice half the book
- Sydney prices fall for first time in 3 years
- BOQ doubles mortgage settlements in second half
- Sharp increase in mortgage holders with no equity
- AFCA a ‘game-changer’, says O’Dwyer
- ABA names new chair
- RBA to begin ‘top-down’ stress testing
- Australian housing market is ‘frothy’
- ‘This is a real risk’: Morrison on mortgages
- Former Prime Minister joins major bank
- New National Financial Literacy Strategy revealed
- MyState receives first Moody’s rating
- Government introduces BEAR legislation
- Job market tightens as unemployment falls
- Clouds clearing around Australian economy: Deloitte
- Non-bank lobs $25m takeover bid for ADI
- Housing risks won’t undermine the banks: Moody’s
- Major bank to settle rate-rigging case with ASIC
- Real estate winners and losers: 2020 forecast
- Aussies double dipping with multiple mortgage applications
- 1 in 3 banking jobs to disappear by 2040: Skinner
- Banks have ‘lost the social right to make money’
- Pepper prices $600m mortgage bond
- Federal government ‘pretty much broke’: Evans
- RBA: $1.4bn in home loan switching over September
- Treasurer wants more digital banks and ‘cheaper loans’
- Non-major forced to ‘slam the brakes’ on investors
- Government announces mandatory credit regime
- Sydney joins Perth, Darwin as prices continue to fall
- Ban on foreign buyers could lure Aussie investors to NZ
- Human-level AI is ‘decades away’, says futurist
- Genworth CEO optimistic despite profit plummeting by 34%
- Sydney boom could be over: Shane Oliver
- Rising rates fail to boost major bank margins
- RBA holds cash rate at record low
- RBA drops cash rate to new record low
- RBA shocks industry with rate rise
- Housing slowdown contributed to shortfall: McGrath
- RBA rate hike could cause 'house price falls': UBS
- Former AMP Bank boss to lead mutual lobby group
- Turnbull government backs mutual bank reforms
- Bank CEO confident about Turnbull’s banking reforms
- Mortgage demand tumbles as market turns
- Mortgage player joins Financial Services and Credit Panel
- Millions to be refunded following Citibank error
- ‘Fully fledged recession’ needed to shake up government
- LLC recruits another Pepper exec
- Aussie home buyers are racing against the clock
- Mortgage players land awards for service
- Sydney prices ‘must plateau, or even subside’: Bernard Salt
- Pepper shareholders approve takeover deal
- Bank highlights LGBTQI financial discrimination
- SA scraps controversial bank tax plans
- Fall in investor demand correlates with drop in value growth
- RESIMAC prices NZ$250m RMBS
- Recession is not the answer and will lead to ‘destruction’: RBA
- Disqualified bankers to be listed on ‘register’
- 80% of buyers fed up with out-of-date mortgages
- Average Aussie home size hits 20-year low
- Gender pay gap in financial services closing
- RBA: Australian banks could ‘survive a deep recession’
- Housing market is ‘oversupplied’: ANU
- ‘There is no banking inquiry bill’, says Leader of the House
- APRA is ‘uncomfortable’ about supervising non-banks
- AMP introduces additional expense requirements
- RBA has no target for house prices, says Lowe
- Customers ‘misled’ on home building insurance
- Benchmark goes into liquidation
- ‘Broken record’: Top economist slams crash calls
- Home sizes smallest in 20 years
- New player to become ‘fifth major bank’
- Customers happier with digital banking experience
- Recession could come by 2020, predicts Switzer
- Australian housing ‘frenzy’ is over: Bloomberg
- People with disabilities vulnerable to financial abuse
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- AMP back in the investor, SMSF refi game with new offers
- Bank names new chairman
- OECD tips rate hike and housing correction
- Housing imbalances still exposing banks to risk: S&P
- Government agrees to hold royal commission into banks
- RedZed prices $250m specialist mortgage bond
- Aussies pin financial hopes to future house price
- ‘No evidence’ of housing oversupply: HIA
- Heritage Bank appoints new CFO
- Banking royal commission could force S&P revision
- Youi pays $164,000 for poor insurance sales practices
- PIPA announces changes to leadership team
- Banks ‘need to win back community trust’
- Sydney dwelling values drop by 0.7 per cent
- RBA surprises industry with cash rate change
- RBA reveals cash rate decision - Dec 2017
- Cash rate hits new record low
- Finsure merger a ‘dilutive proposal’ for shareholders
- Demand for new houses to fall: BIS
- Borrowers undeterred by higher deposits
- ASX to introduce blockchain software
- New reforms see ACCC target major bank mortgages
- APRA appoints former banking exec to new role
- ‘Significant concern’ that banks misled mortgage customers
- Housing slowdown will continue: HSBC
- S&P reveals global credit outlook for 2018
- Most Aussies believe they’re good with money
- LMI giant appoints JP Morgan as custodian
- Major bank refunds millions to interest-only customers
- Centrepoint Alliance names new CEO
- Banks being used as ‘political pawn’, says CEO
- UBS says mortgage downturn will be worse than expected
- Major bank sells stake in foreign ADI
- LIXI announces leadership team reshuffle
- New York giant enters Aussie mortgage market
- Home loan arrears continue to decline
- Bank appoints new CEO - 2017
- New $1bn fund aims to help ‘unlock new housing supply’
- Half of bitcoin transactions used to buy drugs, weapons
- Reserve Bank highlights slowdown in housing credit
- ANZ pledges to restore confidence in banks
- Banks agree to new code of practice
- Analysis: Americans are betting big on Australian mortgages
- S&P downgrades bank’s outlook
- Heritage Bank tops Australia for customer satisfaction
- Bank receives first Fitch rating
- Investor confidence falls further in December
- Sydney drags down national home values
- The rising cost of mortgages
- RBA to lift rates by mid-year: HSBC
- ‘Trump effect’ could prompt rate rise, says analyst
- Fresh calls for low-deposit home loans
- Federal government urged to expand FHB tax break
- Government must reduce upfront housing costs, says industry body
- Mortgage market has ‘never been so confusing’
- Hobart to be new housing hotspot for 2018
- Market downturn kicks off 2018
- Government denies it ‘lied’ about ALP housing policy impacts
- Mortgage stress to impact retail share prices, warns AMP
- Goldfields provides update on Finsure merger
- Aussies accumulated $29bn worth of Christmas debt
- Building approvals jump by 11.7% in November
- Government is ‘consciously putting the interest of investors’ over FHBs
- Online platforms ‘better positioned’ for distribution than banks
- Half of Aussies prepared to miss out on dream location
- NSW government slammed for policy inaction on housing affordability
- Consumer confidence hits four-year high
- Victorian mortgage size increase surpasses NSW
- ‘No silver bullet’ for housing affordability, says government
- Goldfields and Finsure sign merger documentation
- Mortgage redraws leave borrowers ‘worse off’: RateCity
- Government consults on housing affordability plan
- Consumers warned of Afterpay danger
- Aussie home buyers afraid of auctions
- US players to ‘exploit’ gaps in Aussie mortgage market
- Stamp duty ‘compounding’ housing affordability concerns
- FHB activity surges in NSW and Victoria
- Banks missing $250bn emerging market opportunity: EY
- Mortgage market conditions to reduce bank profitability: Fitch Ratings
- Community trust in banks beginning to recover
- ‘Housing bubble beginning to deflate’: UBS
- Global growth to buoy Aussie economy
- Banking reform agenda moves to implementation stage
- Fresh fears as Chinese buyer demand ‘hits the wall’
- House building in 2018 may be ‘stronger than many analysts expect’
- Sydney vacancy rates steady amid market instability
- Stamp duty must be eradicated, says senior economist
- Aussies more efficient with credit cards, causing debt to drop
- Millennials to eclipse Baby Boomer real estate spending
- ‘No affordable housing markets in Australia’, report finds
- NSW government urged to make progress on housing affordability
- Mortgage arrears fall in November
- Fresh fears over bank leverage and risk-taking
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- Report finds negative gearing is not driving up prices
- Government announces new financial literacy board appointees
- Financial industry slammed for outdated risk management
- Consumer confidence bounces back
- Aussies face credit card bill totalling almost $30bn
- Major bank CEO divulges ‘significant failures’
- Confidence rises as business conditions linger ‘well above average’
- Sydney prices to fall by up to 10% this year
- Economic indicators pointing to a rate hold
- Cyber risks the biggest threat to banks: Westpac
- Dwelling approvals drop in December
- Parents ‘strongly discouraged’ from going guarantor
- Global player to ‘fill the void’ in local mortgage market
- NSW and Victoria spur fall in housing market confidence
- Industry unanimous in RBA cash rate prediction
- RBA rate cut would be a good move, says economist
- RBA drops cash rate to new low
- RBA announces cash rate decision
- RBA shocks with rate rise
- NSW housing supply lagging behind
- Non-banks growing ‘80% faster than system’: CBA
- Mortgage curbs earn banks $500m annuity from taxpayers
- Genworth looks offshore as profits plummet by 27%
- Excessive premiums costing borrowers thousands: PC
- Opinion: PC report relies on shoddy UBS research
- Rate hike not on the cards any time soon: RBA
- Investors abandoning mortgage market
- Bank looks to grow investor and IO loans
- Open banking to ‘revolutionise’ the industry
- NPP set to ‘transform’ banking
- Non-major announces new executive appointments
- Top economist says rising wealth has offset record debt
- Banks have ‘lost touch’ with the community: ANZ
- Government to establish housing affordability body
- New financial complaints body formed
- ‘Meaningless’: PC report slams comparison rates and SVRs
- RBA keen to see household debt moderate for ‘run of years’
- ANZ finalises sale of subsidiaries to foreign banks
- Royal commission ‘opens the banks up to class actions’: UBS
- Major bank rolls out CCR for customers
- 82% of Aussies unaware of their mortgage rate
- FHBs urged to ‘wait on the sidelines’
- Government urged to create a body to investigate financial abuse
- RBA flags potential ‘financial stress’ threat for next five years
- ACCC to release mortgage report and investigate PC findings
- Parliamentary committee to grill major banks
- ‘Crazy’: Mortgage rates to hit 7.1% in four years
- Five largest banks pay $51.4m in compensation
- Crowdfunded neobank receives credit licence
- IMF’s 7.1% rate forecast ‘not impossible’
- Non-bank posts strong growth following merger
- Major bank to dispute rate-rigging allegations
- Government urges states to extend financial literacy program
- 1 in 3 ‘likely to struggle’ with mortgage payments
- Fresh warnings issued over mortgage stress
- Advocacy group calls for LMI to be abolished
- Government appoints AFCA chair
- Banks struggling with dated IT systems
- APRA curbs cost major credit union mortgage customers
- Sydney’s home value slide continues
- Mortgage arrears rise for the first time in 4 months
- Major banks announce rate changes
- RBA unveils interest rate decision
- Non-bank cuts rates by up to 105bps
- Brokers urged to close deals with A+ credit-rated deposit bonds
- CCR reforms must not be discriminatory, says ABA
- CoreLogic announces key appointment
- Major bank to raise $750m with new hybrid
- Firstmac completes $600m RMBS issue
- Average credit card debt now around $4,200
- Securitiser assets up by $7.3bn in December quarter
- Real estate listings decline across the nation
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- ACCC releases mortgage pricing report
- iSelect appoints industry veteran Nadine Lennie as new CFO
- Firstmac introduces lower interest rate for green cars
- Aussies struggling to grasp mortgage jargon
- Direct channel mortgage customers more satisfied: Survey
- ‘Excessive’ banker salaries under scrutiny
- ‘Lack of professionalism throughout the sector’
- Non-major hikes rates by up to 25bps
- Sydney price slump driven by investor slowdown: ABS
- Home loan arrears spike in January
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- Listings numbers contract as home values continue to slide
- Major bank appoints new GM for Asia Pacific
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- RBA supports ‘crucial’ duty of care obligations for brokers
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- AMP announces resignation of CEO
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- Bank tightening could result in ‘credit crunch’
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- ABA warns of data security integrity for open banking
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- Queensland drags down new home sales
- Open data will give mortgagors more power: uno
- Data sharing to transform expense verification
- Major bank cracks down on living expenses
- ING reports 18% profit boost as loans rise
- Xinja raises $2m via equity crowdfunding platform
- Brokers flock to new e-lodgement platform
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- CCR legislation introduced into Australian Parliament
- Government hikes market manipulation penalties for financial sector
- Australia set for cash rate record
- Regional banks issue warning to PC
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- Student loan marketplace to branch out into mortgages
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- Heritage Bank appoints permanent general counsel
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- CML Group expands funding facility to $120m
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- Expanded grant program aims to help address homelessness
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- Data breaches in financial sector triple
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- Non-banks are not bottom feeders: Firstmac
- Bank misconduct has led to suicide attempts, says MP
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- Banking scandals ‘biggest wake-up call in corporate history’: Labor
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- Deloitte research paints dim picture of trust in banks
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- Aussie mortgage literacy declining
- Lack of competition contributed to ‘crisis’ in financial sector
- ACCC chair reappointed until 2022
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- Household wealth could plummet by $700bn
- Housing conditions weakest since 2012: CoreLogic
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- Apartment prices could dip by 8% by 2019
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- Conflicts lead to unintentional biased advice, RC hears
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- Weakening sentiment seeping into owner-occupied space
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- Banks ‘withheld’ information from clients to avoid claims
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- Bank gets on board with more digital wallets
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- ABA reappoints Shayne Elliott and David Carter
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- Homeownership dream a ‘thing of the past’
- Major bank group executive to step down
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- ASIC warns of banking scam
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- Budget to hit $4.1bn surplus by 2019-20
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- Bank satisfaction rises for first time since RC kick-off
- Risks flagged over housing slump’s drag on consumption
- Customers abandoning major banks
- Concerns to ‘intensify’ as approvals plunge 32.8%
- ‘RBA spin wearing thin’ as mortgage stress mounts
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- Neobank CEO hits back at criticism
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- Mortgage demand subdued despite spike in buyer sentiment
- MyState joins CCR regime
- FHB market share rises to six-year high
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- Non-banks to ‘dominate’ in 2019: S&P
- Loans to linger in arrears for longer: Fitch
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- Clearance rates drop across capitals
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- AMP profits plummeted in 2018
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- APRA defends credit curbs, acknowledges ‘trade-offs’
- Opposition urged to ‘come clean’ on ‘absurd’ housing policy
- Cash rate tipped to hit new lows by year’s end
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- ADI licence granted to former religious charitable fund
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- Hayne proposes industry codes become law
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- AMP appoints first Australian managing director role
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- WA ranks as Australia’s 2nd-most affordable state: REIWA
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- Home settlements pass double-digit decline: PEXA
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- Buyback scheme announced for Northern Rivers
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- Owner-occupier loans drop 9.3% in a month: ABS
- Approved dwellings fall by almost 6%: ABS
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- Older, low-income households prefer alternative housing models: AHURI
- HomeBuilder grants’ ‘effectiveness’ reviewed
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- Prime home loan arrears steady ‘for now’: S&P
- Lower borrowing capacities the biggest challenge: PropTrack
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- Holiday home owners’ tax deductions in spotlight: ATO
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- National residential property listings fall 5.5%: SQM
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- Decline in home values breaks records
- NSW stamp duty abolition important housing ‘jigsaw piece’: Labor
- Buyback scheme to help over 130 Qld home owners ‘move on with their lives’
- RBA hikes cause decline in building approvals: HIA
- Labor pledges to create new housing agency, Homes NSW
- Pilot plan to boost regional housing supply: NSW Labor
- Rents hit record high in 2022 despite market slowdown
- South Australia’s strong housing market stands out
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- Mortgage market activity drops 50.4% nationally: CoreLogic
- Property settlements continued upward trend in December: PEXA
- Savings buffers ‘exhausted’, Equifax warns
- ‘Record high’ housing construction in September: ABS
- Home prices tipped to fall another 9% in 2023, economist warns
- 50% of Aussie housing markets declined in 2022: CoreLogic
- Housing finance commitments lifted, CommSec reveals
- FHBs flock to outer suburbs: NAB
- Regional Qld monsoon support extended
- Auctions to start with a ‘whimper rather than a bang’: CoreLogic
- Qld flood-stricken homes bulldozed as part of buyback scheme
- Property Council names new CEO
- Mortgage stress hits 10-year high: Roy Morgan
- HIA calls for tax reforms on housing
- NSW updates FHB scheme to include domestic violence victims
- Home prices fall for 10th consecutive month
- ‘Bite the bullet’ and invest in affordable housing: AHURI
- Higher density living contributes to building approval surge
- Refinancing remains high as value of new loans declines
- Charities bracing for influx as mortgage cliff nears
- Affordable housing plan on track for ‘Mullum’ rail corridor
- 2023 property prices to decline up to 11%: PropTrack
- Home owners hold back sales as market conditions worsen
- Housing policy needs ‘intergenerational lens’: CEDA
- New housing fund spearheads "ambitious" affordable housing drive
- Sydney ranks as most expensive capital per sqm: Domain
- Clearance rates slip as rates continue to rise
- Largest annual home value decline since 2019: CoreLogic
- QLD property included in bolstered debt-recovery measures
- Australia’s high-end regional markets lose mojo
- Mortgage arrears showing cracks: S&P
- Australian debt hotline flags ‘call for help’ surge: FCA
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- First offers made for Northern NSW buyback program
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- Female home ownership rises, but still behind men
- Victorian stamp duty review ‘welcome’ but quick fix not necessary: REIV
- National home values record largest decline on record: CoreLogic
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- Qld to limit rent increases to once a year
- 9 in 10 Australian suburbs now cheaper to rent than buy
- NHFIC chair resigns, acting chair appointed
- Home prices rise in March: PropTrack
- Housing shortfall expected to worsen: NHFIC
- Home values rise, breaking 10 months of decline: CoreLogic
- NSW Labor reveals new housing minister
- Mortgages are ‘enablers’, not handcuffs: Finni Mortgages
- Investor lending down nearly 40% in Qld
- Building industry reports record turnover amid backlog
- Home values lift to $9.4tn
- Housing affordability concerns reach ‘record highs’: Property Council
- Construction costs ‘biggest constraint’ for housing development: NAB
- Australia ranks second highest for ‘housing market risk’: IMF
- Foreign buyers ‘big players’ in Q1 housing market: NAB
- Lending holding back sustainable housing development: AHURI
- Housing demand driven by surge in overseas migration: AMP
- Qld govt rental reform 'dangerous' for investor borrowers: REIQ
- New home sales continue to fall in March: HIA
- Property Council appoints NSW executive director
- RBNZ proposes to ease home lending restrictions
- Victorian government urged to join states axing stamp duty: REIV
- House prices make a comeback: Domain
- Calls for energy ratings on homes ramps up
- Home prices remain stable in April
- Labor pledges $2bn towards affordable housing
- Build-to-rent project for women piloted in ACT
- Refinance activity breaks records, new mortgage lending rises
- Construction loan demand falls to new low
- Building approvals fell in March
- Home values rose to $9.5 trillion in April: CoreLogic
- Budget slammed for not addressing the housing crisis
- Economists warn federal budget shows cracks
- ‘Best way to empower Australians is through home ownership’: Dutton
- Hybrid work weighs on Australia’s commercial property market
- WA apartment loan scheme expanded
- PEXA appoints chief growth officer
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- Major bank flags ‘remarkable’ housing sentiment lift
- New home sales bumped up in April
- Regional property values show signs of recovery
- Qld state government welcomes new Housing Minister
- ‘Digital banking is paramount’, regional bank closure inquiry hears
- Surging construction costs stall residential builds
- Falling rates actually make it harder for FHBs: AHURI
- New listings bump as home values lift
- Vic stamp duty reforms ‘encouraging sign’ for investors: REIV
- WA government offers land tax relief
- Victoria’s land tax grab will ‘hurt property owners’, warn property heads
- Qld rental reforms could cause investors to ‘walk’: REIQ
- Senior economist ‘wary’ about housing upturn sustainability
- Home values ‘probably unsustainable’: CoreLogic
- Australia’s housing activity slumps across states: ANZ
- COVID-19’s effect on housing market still prevalent: AHURI
- ‘Concrete evidence’ of rate hike impact: Economists
- Housing affordability weighs on rental market
- Home ownership dream feels out of reach: Fintech
- Home values continue to rise
- Labor government announces NHFIC appointments
- Smaller homes and convenience now prioiritised by families
- ‘Increasingly entrenched’ property rebound a ‘headache’ for RBA
- Mortgage arrears lift amid tightening serviceability
- NSW government rental bidding ban backtrack
- Time taken to save a deposit improves
- Qld budget to focus on regional housing
- Financial inequality remains a barrier to home ownership
- Qld state budget ‘hollow’ on housing: REIQ
- Unplanned migration to cause surge in housing shortage: IPA
- Total resi dwelling values rose in March quarter
- SA abolishes stamp duty for FHBs buying new homes
- New home sales up for second consecutive month: HIA
- Capital city auction activity surges to 3-month high
- More Qld homes added under Resilient Homes Fund
- Labor announces $2bn social housing investment
- Housing Australia Future Fund deferred by Senate
- $50k grants made available for Qld community housing sector
- Buffers and rates shrank borrowing capacity ‘significantly’: Domain
- ‘Most serviceable’ suburbs revealed: PropTrack
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- Affordability down as rates rise: HIA
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- Rising mortgage payments drive home owners to sell at a loss
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- Owner-occupier refinancing sets new record
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- PEXA appoints non-exec director
- Property professionals plead for housing supply action
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- Victorian Greens calls out Premier Andrews over housing crisis
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- Victoria opts for housing over Commonwealth Games
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- Victorian government invests $150m in regional worker accommodation
- NAB revises up house price forecasts
- Home ownership rate drops for young FHBs: AHURI
- Victorian rent reforms could add to investor uncertainty: CoreLogic
- ‘FOMO phenomenon’ pushes property price growth: Oliver
- House value growth is easing: CoreLogic
- Building approvals continue downward trajectory: ABS
- Housing bill reintroduced as threat of double dissolution grows
- Qld to construct 900,000 new homes by 2046
- Property prices expected to jump 2–5% in 2023: PropTrack
- PEXA Refinance Index hits record high
- Capital city auction activity drops 11.7%
- Westpac increases house price forecast
- Lending constraints for older Australians criticised: AHURI
- Rent freeze needed to save $4.9bn, says Greens
- ASIC seeks input on short-term credit facilities
- REA Group reports settlements dropped 13% in FY23
- Supply shortage drives land values up: HIA
- Qld government expands eligibility under Resilient Homes Fund
- Interest rates begin to weigh on regional property prices
- Property heads welcome rejection of rent freezes
- NSW government splits department to provide greater housing focus
- Equity position of Home Guarantee Scheme buyers improving: NHFIC
- Housing shortage ‘biggest issue’ facing Australia: NAB CEO
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- ‘Decade-low’ of home building expected as sales drop: HIA
- 16 years of savings needed for house deposit: Finder
- New mortgages fall countrywide: PEXA
- Housing recovery to continue to year end: Westpac
- Housing market showing resilience going into spring: CoreLogic
- ‘Urgent need’ to complete e-conveyancing competition reform: Sympli
- Auction activity continues upward trajectory
- Supply solutions yet to materialise in approvals data: HIA
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- Housing affordability at 30-year low: PropTrack
- Over half of home owners renovating instead of selling: Aussie
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- Institutional investment key to housing recovery: Julie Collins MP
- Increase in resi investor sales worsens rental crisis: PIPA
- E-conveyancing interoperability pilot a ‘success’: ARNECC
- Median dwelling values rose 2.8% in June quarter: ABS
- Great Australian dream ‘alive and well’: Mortgage Choice
- Auction activity remains strong; new listings are up
- NSW housing package to ‘rebuild’ housing system
- Immigration needs to be lower to improve affordability: Shane Oliver
- Victorian government sets ambitious housing target
- REIQ CEO calls for conversations about housing to change
- Loss-making sales and arrears tick up
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- Unit demand lifts amid national shortage: CoreLogic
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- Young Queenslanders still gunning for home ownership: RACQ Bank
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- Investors will ‘turn away from Victoria’ due to expanded tax: REIV
- Investor incentives needed as rent prices hit new records
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- Home values soar in northern Sydney: PropTrack
- Auction activity recovers following public holidays: CoreLogic
- Distressed property listings on the rise: SQM
- 1 in 3 first home buyers used guarantee schemes
- Public housing, migration control needed to address affordability: NAB
- REIA observes greater collaboration at Qld’s housing conference
- ‘New era’ under Housing Australia commences: Julie Collins
- Spring selling season to be busy: PropTrack
- Housing shortfall evident as overseas arrivals climb: Economist
- Granny flats tipped as housing solution
- 300% surge in deposit bond inquiries: Deposit Power
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- Properties sell faster amid increasing house prices
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- Aussies wait for market conditions to shift before buying
- FHB market share near 8-year low: NAB
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- ASIC permanently bans financial adviser
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- Regulators can use royal commission evidence, says lawyer
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- ASIC consults on AFCA oversight
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- ASIC to embed staff within big four and AMP
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- ASIC wealth investigations increase by 216%
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- Regulators commit to greater collaboration
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- ASIC strengthens record keeping guidance
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- APRA announces SME scheme reporting standards
- ASIC publishes outcomes of enforcement action
- Treasurer puts $4bn price tag on lockdown measures per week
- APRA relaxes mortgage serviceability guidance
- GDP to rise by $9.4bn a month: Treasury
- APRA lauds ‘virtue’ of bank regulation
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- ASIC issues report on relief applications
- ASIC sheds light on new mortgage broker reforms
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- Major bank to pay $10m for unconscionable conduct
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- Illion Open Data and Credit Simple become CDR recipients
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- Westpac settles US class actions
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- Bank warns of ‘highly targeted’ cyber scams on elderly
- NAB outlines progress made on culture
- CBA issues paper on tackling financial abuse
- More royal commission legislation introduced into Parliament
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- Regulators are hurting the recovery: Frydenberg
- Support for non-banks ‘disproportionate’, ‘unfair’: Resimac
- APRA slaps Westpac with enforceable undertaking
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- NZ looks to reinstate LVR restrictions
- Regulators launch cyber resilience framework
- Regional bank attains CDR compliance
- APRA reverses ADI dividend restriction
- CDR rules updated to expand remit
- RLOs should be ‘tweaked, not removed’: Pepper CEO
- ASIC rebukes claims of ‘inadequate’ expenses handling
- Inquiry outlines 100 ways to improve CDR
- ASIC warns of ‘bogus bonds’
- Former NAB chief of staff jailed for fraud
- Mandatory Comprehensive Credit Reporting law passes
- ASIC takes action in mortgage industry
- Treasurer urged to clarify reverse mortgage changes
- CBA liable for overcharged interest
- Law changed to discourage ‘opportunistic class actions’
- ASIC sues major bank
- APRA revokes Xinja licence
- Senate inquiry recommends RLO repeal
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- APRA confirms treatment of SME loan schemes
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- APRA sees renewed interest in ADI licensing
- Calls for uniform laws to thwart financial abuse
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- APRA acts against Macquarie on breaches
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- Vic government urges action on credit card rates
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- CBA fined $7m for overcharging interest
- Westpac to face court over ‘misleading’ CCI
- RLO changes could boost turnaround times: Westpac
- RLO changes would simplify loan process: ANZ
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- ‘No sustainable argument’ for RLO repeal: Donahoo
- COBA calls for competitive capital framework
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- APRA, consumer body secure funding for super reforms
- Vic to be hit with stamp duty, land tax hike
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- Senate fintech inquiry to investigate competition, debanking
- ASIC sues AMP for charging dead people
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- AFCA recruits from ASIC, Westpac
- ASIC wants non-bank data
- NAB investigated over potential financial crime breaches
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- APRA revokes bank licence
- RBA monitoring household debt, not house prices
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- RBA deputy governor reappointed
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- APRA primes banks for sub-zero rates
- Forum Group in administration as Westpac case deepens
- Government moves on royal commission reforms
- DDOs extended without consultation: COBA
- Major bank extends foreclosure moratorium
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- ASIC releases dispute resolution guide
- NHFIC backs stamp duty removal
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- Labor abandons negative gearing reforms
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- Government retains CDR data standards chair
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- ASIC pivots away from enforcement clampdown
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