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Value of investment housing loans apps up 1.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... commitments and investment housing commitments decreased 2.7 per cent. The dampening sentiment among all buyers means first home buyers increased their market share during April from 16.4 per cent of all home finance applications to 16.9 per cent. Meanwhile ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... and IFF have banded together to propose measures tailoring First Home Saver Accounts to better aid struggling first home buyers. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, said the scheme should be structured in such a way that it is first-rate for first ...

First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The proposal by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd for a "super style" savings scheme to help first home buyers save for a home has drawn strong support from the superannuation industry already champing at the bit to get involved. The proposal works by letting ...

Houses at half price

... of which are at the primary purchaser's discretion. Those who choose to go on the co-ownership plan and are first home buyers will still be eligible to the stamp duty concessions in NSW. The initiative is the most recent example of a whole new range ...

Equity lenders prepare to take on reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... first non-government shared equity loan, Rismark's equity finance mortgage, is being marketed at this stage to first home buyers and families that want to trade up, but it will not be long before the product is being offered to retirees. Rismark International ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... as did owner occupied housing. The value of fixed term investment loans fell by 1.4 per cent. The number of first home buyers as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance decreased from 16.8 per cent in July to 16.1 per cent in August. Fixed ...

First time home buyers locked out: Genworth

A leading mortgage report has highlighted data revealing that the number of first home buyers had fallen from its historical average last year despite the rise of more consumer-friendly home loan products. According to the latest Genworth Financial ...

Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... 5.3 per cent in the June quarter to be about 6.1 per cent lower than it was last Christmas. The HIA said that first home buyers are typically committing 27.9 per cent of their income towards mortgage repayments.

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... loans approved which was the highest share of fixed rate loans since 1998. Simultaneously the share of loans to first home buyers fell to 17 per cent which is the lowest level since the middle of last year. These figures indicate some pessimism creeping ...

New mortgage products as homebuyers return to the market

... Datamonitor's report, Mortgage Products for Australia First Time, has forecasted that with lending commitments to first home buyers totalling $25.7 billion new mortgage products will emerge in the market. The report revealed how the return of first home ...