Subscribe to our newsletter
Lender announces discounted home loan rates
Suncorp Bank has announced changes to its retail home lending special offers, improving variable discounts for new customers.
LENDER • Tue, 18 Oct 2016
One in five mortgages now under 4%
Following the RBA rate cut in August and continued competition among lenders, home loan rates trended downward during Q1 with nearly 20 per cent of mortgages now with a ...
ECONOMY • Tue, 11 Oct 2016
November rate cut likely to be the last
A senior economist has discussed the potential ramifications of too low an official cash rate, and predicted that if the RBA cuts the rate in November, “it would probably ...
ECONOMY • Sun, 09 Oct 2016
Virgin Money home loans boost challenger bank profits
The CEO of Bank of Queensland has said that its Virgin Money Reward Me home loan product has driven a surge in mortgage applications and helped increase profit for FY16 ...
Pepper prices largest RMBS deal in a decade
The specialist lender announced today that it has priced an $800 million non-conforming residential mortgage-backed securities deal, the largest in the Australian market ...
ECONOMY • Fri, 07 Oct 2016
Half of Aussie home owners experiencing ‘grief’ over mortgages
Around 47 per cent of Australians with home loans are worried about meeting their repayments, research by a debt solution provider has revealed.
ECONOMY • Wed, 05 Oct 2016
RBA makes cash rate call - 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered the decision of its monthly board meeting.
ECONOMY • Tue, 04 Oct 2016
RBA tipped to hold rates today
The Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to keep 'the official cost of borrowing' on hold at 1.5 per cent at its monthly board meeting today, a mortgage comparison site ...
ECONOMY • Mon, 03 Oct 2016
Regional bank acquires $1.35bn portfolio
In a move to push “better geographical diversification”, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has acquired a portfolio of approximately $1.35 billion of standard residential loans ...
ECONOMY • Thu, 29 Sep 2016