2 Mar 2015
Low rates are squeezing margins across the industry, leading to an increase in M&A activity as smaller lenders struggle ...
18 Feb 2015
Weak confidence has been a recurring theme among Australian banks this reporting season.
18 Nov 2014
APRA’s plans to rebalance the mortgage market are likely to involve costlier mortgages for property investors.
29 Oct 2014
The Bank of China’s entry into the third-party space is just the tip of the iceberg.
15 Oct 2014
With the Financial System Inquiry’s final report due next month, Mortgage Business considers the possible outcomes for the ...
30 Sep 2014
Macquarie had plenty of work to do when it re-entered the third-party space in 2011.
5 Sep 2014
There are sensitive, but critical questions to be asked at this point in time regarding the viability of the current ...
26 Aug 2014
The Actuaries Institute has highlighted key issues with home equity release products in its second submission to the Murray ...
31 Jul 2014
When CBA announced last month that it had cut its five-year fixed rate home loan to 4.99 per cent, NAB and Westpac quickly ...
4 Jul 2014
NAB’s shock announcement last week of a major rebranding and the reintroduction of first-year trail commissions marks a ...
2 Apr 2014
Bloomberg has partnered with Perpetual to offer investors a 'deep-dive' analysis of Australian residential mortgage-backed ...
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This stuff riles me big time. As a licensed finance broker I have to tell my clients in writing what brokerage is paid to me upfront before they agree to me acting on their behalf in securing a loan. .....analysis, have to provide three recommendations and why we recommended these lenders and then hope t...
I respect Matt Lawler. He is a smart guy, but if YBR truly believed that, it would lead with Planning rather than advertising mortgage rates on TV. If YBR is serious about this, stop advertising produ.....analysis, profiling THEN asset class and THEN implementation, humans will think you are nuts , espec...
Good analysis Kathy- what's happening in financial planning re education standards and increasing pressure on fee transparency is going to swamp every specialty of financial services....sooner rather ...
How much rent would you pay over that same 30 year period if you weren't paying off your home mortgage?And then what happens in retirement? If you've paid off your home, you have no direct housing co.....analysis of housing costs over the 30 years? Back to you Staff reporter.