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Finance • 13 NOV 2010
NAB, Westpac lift rates
All the major banks have now officially lifted their standard variable rates above the Reserve Bank, with Westpac and NAB lifting their respective rates this afternoon.
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Hotspots • 13 NOV 2010
Yellow Brick Road cans exit fees
Yellow Brick Road announced today that it will remove the exit fees on its standard variable home loan products as of December 1 this year.
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Finance • 12 NOV 2010
Inflation dip cools rate hike rumour
The RBA’s decision to increase the official cash rate seems to have had the desired effect on inflationary expectations.
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Hotspots • 12 NOV 2010
Australian property prices tracking along
Property values across Australia’s capital cities have increased by an average of 40.5 per cent for houses and 42.2 per cent for units over the last five years.
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Finance • 11 NOV 2010
Borrowers turn to smaller lenders
People seeking home finance are increasingly turning to smaller lenders because they can often secure a better deal.
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Hotspots • 11 NOV 2010
Good time to buy: St George
Sydney property prices have returned to 2004 levels, despite some suburbs seeing median house prices jump by almost 50 per cent on the last 12 months.
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Finance • 11 NOV 2010
Home loan applications drop
Home loan applications fell by almost 24 per cent in the three months to September 2010, new research has found.
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Finance • 11 NOV 2010
ANZ hikes rates, slashes fees
ANZ has become the second bank in as many weeks to move out of cycle with the RBA.
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Finance • 11 NOV 2010
ASIC cracks down on mortgage exit fees
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a new set of guidelines on lenders’ mortgage exit fees which should, in theory, reduce the...
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Hotspots • 10 NOV 2010
It’s a buyer’s market: buyers agency
Melbourne house hunters would be well placed to buy property in the next six to 12 weeks, while market conditions still favour the buyers.
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