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Finance • 01 JUL 2010
Westpac leads majors in loan volumes
Westpac has come out on top of the other majors, posting the highest value of home loan advances on its books in the month of May, according to latest figures from the...
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Hotspots • 30 JUN 2010
Property sales activity not rosy in spring
Spring no longer represents the best time to sell, according to RP Data.
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Finance • 30 JUN 2010
Competition heats up with more rate cuts
Competition in the mortgage industry is heating up as another lender slashes its fixed rate products.
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Finance • 29 JUN 2010
CBA voted best online bank
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been named as Australia’s best online bank by Canstar Cannex.
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Finance • 29 JUN 2010
RBA tipped to cut rates
The RBA’s slew of rate hikes may soon come to an end, with one brokerage even going so far as to say the next rate movement will be downwards.
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Hotspots • 29 JUN 2010
All signs point to a housing stall: HIA
The housing recovery is expected to come to a halt over the next 12 months, the Housing Industry Association’s (HIA) latest report has shown.
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Finance • 28 JUN 2010
Govt cracks whip on mortgage exit fees
The newly appointed Prime Minister has already cracked down on unfair mortgage exit fees, announcing several key reforms.
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Finance • 28 JUN 2010
Lenders continue to slash fixed rates
More lenders have jumped on the reduced fixed rate bandwagon, after the big four confirmed they will reduce their fixed rate mortgage pricing.
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Hotspots • 26 JUN 2010
Auctions suffer under winter chill
The winter chill has officially settled on the housing market, with auction clearance rates falling again this weekend.
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Hotspots • 25 JUN 2010
Heat coming out of property market
A spate of negative data suggests the property market has well and truly come off the boil.
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