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Selling the hard sell

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

Property market proving a lucrative investment

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

The correlation between dwelling values and housing finance data

Through a combination of good management, a strong regulatory framework, the presence of lender's mortgage insurance (LMI) ...

More mortgages for fewer brokers in the UK

British brokers currently represent about 60 per cent of new mortgage lending in the UK, with some commentators expecting ...

Information is power

Recent years have seen the mortgage broking industry take strong steps towards legitimising its qualifications and ...

An investor’s dream

The Australian property market is likely to be driven by investors in the months ahead, as they look to take advantage of ...

National Credit Act: when is a loan transaction regulated?

There is a common misconception in the market that the National Credit Code regulates all individual credit loans or leases

Where is the property market headed?

The national housing market continued to recover during 2013 as the impact of the lowest interest rates in 60 years, improved ...

The importance of consumer confidence

History and statistics tell us there are two key drivers to the housing and related mortgage finance markets: interest rates ...

The compliance grenade

The combination of ‘compliance’ and ‘grenade’ is too often used in the same sentence these days.

Clawbacks and cash offers in NZ

Competitive banks offering large cash incentives to attract new customers are potentially leaving New Zealand mortgage ...

Broker boom time ahead

Recent research pointing to a boom time dead ahead for mortgage broking will have the industry doing a happy dance and it ...

Market will strengthen in 2014

When I open the papers, I am often confronted by an overwhelming feeling of negativity.

Coles could make a big success with mortgages

In 2012, The New York Times reported a story about Target sending coupons for baby clothes and maternity wear to a teenage ...

Strong demand and limited supply boosting property prices

A recent report on the Australian property market shows that demand for property is still strong and prices are still rising, ...

Be more than responsible

The Reserve Bank has issued a couple of words of caution in recent weeks that should cause all of us mortgage brokers to ...

The challenge to regulators in the non-bank lending space

ABC television recently aired a documentary that described the experiences of troubled mortgagees who had sought the services ...

The lending standards' cycle

While there is little evidence of deterioration in lending standards at the moment, rising property prices have a history of ...

Australian property bubble speculation is misguided

Despite low consumer confidence, the Australian economy remains one of the most resilient to such global tremors and as such, ...

No rate hike expected for months

While the housing recovery is a positive sign for the economy, high investor activity may pose a threat in future

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