13 Nov 2014

Try as they might, the economists and pundits representing the APRA funds and large fund managers cannot prove that borrowing ...

7 Nov 2014

There is always a lot of talk about diversification and the role it plays in the business of mortgage brokers.

30 Oct 2014

To some, specialist lending arouses thoughts of doing loans under the cover of darkness and cutting corners to get a deal ...

24 Oct 2014

When you're first starting out in business as a broker, you are wowed by how great all the aggregators are. They all promise ...

16 Oct 2014

The Reserve Bank of Australia believes that some sectors within the Australian residential property market may be headed ...

9 Oct 2014

At Mortgage Choice, we have long been an avid supporter of diversification.

2 Oct 2014

I’ve recently returned from the USA, where I attended two conferences – one a highbrow housing finance ‘think tank’ and the ...

25 Sep 2014

The high level of investor loans being written are clearly on the Reserve Bank’s radar.

18 Sep 2014

The Financial System Inquiry released its interim report in July, and is now seeking a second round of submissions.

11 Sep 2014

The tangled web of bank ownership in Australia means it can be hard to define exactly what is a non-major bank in this ...

5 Sep 2014

Every time I’ve got comfortable over the years there's generally been an event that’s surfaced to push me out of my comfort ...

29 Aug 2014

The Reserve Bank, which has been otherwise idle over the past year, has been keen to point out that the banks are doing its ...

22 Aug 2014

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15 Aug 2014

When I read the paper, I am often faced with stories about struggling first home buyers.

8 Aug 2014

Fixed rates have reached an historic low, with eight providers recently dropping their five-year terms below five per cent, ...

31 Jul 2014

If the Victorian Government is serious about keeping housing affordable it is important they provide clarity and consistency ...

25 Jul 2014

I often find myself walking through the Sydney CBD analysing different businesses, looking at the once great building and ...

18 Jul 2014

Some brokers believe speciality, alternate documentation or non-conforming mortgages do not satisfy the ‘responsible lending ...

11 Jul 2014

It doesn’t surprise me that a staff survey at one of the big four found “pressure on bank tellers to push customers into … ...

4 Jul 2014

The residential property market is Australia’s single largest and most valuable asset class with a total estimated value of ...