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Budget targets home ownership rates

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... eligible buyers using the new scheme will be able to take out a home loan with a deposit as low as 5% without the need for mortgage insurance. Instead, the government will act as the guarantor for the loan. Starting this year, 10,000 places will be available ...

Budget to back aspiring homeowners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... government, in theory enabling Australians to buy a home sooner with a smaller deposit and without needing to pay lenders mortgage insurance. So far, 60,000 Australians have used the scheme to purchase first homes. Under the renewed commitment to the ...

Super should help secure home loans: Inquiry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... view that first home buyers should be able to use their super as collateral for a housing loan given that paying off a mortgage is a very common way of saving for retirement. This would reduce the deposit needed to enter the housing market and have a ...

AltX appoints head of property risk

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... lending institutions in Australia with a focus on commercial, development, going concern and prestige residential first mortgage property valuations across all value levels. AltX joint chief executives Steven Beinart and Nick Raphaely said they are pleased ...

PIMCO preps long-awaited LIT launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... managing director and co-head of Asia Pacific portfolio management Rob Mead, managing director and portfolio manager, mortgage credit Alfred Murata. Other members of the portfolio management team are Adam Bowe, Giang Bui, and Jing Yang. Mead said the ...

Hejaz Financial Services partners with outsource Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... recent research, Hejaz found that 36% of Australian Muslims do not have a savings account and 46% reluctantly obtained a mortgage with a traditional bank. "Australian Muslims are typically well-educated, have good jobs and are good savers, so no wonder ...

Class chief exits following takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... general manager of financial services at REA Group. Prior to REA, he was general manager and interim chief executive of Mortgage Choice, where he helped launch the wealth management and financial planning business. Russell commented: "I'm very proud ...

Economists expect a rate rise: Finder

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... come, Australian borrowers who purchased over the last few years of rock-bottom rates may be in for a shock when their mortgage costs start to climb." Capital Economics' Ben Udy said the RBA will end quantitative easing, a process where the central ...

Pallas Capital markets new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... short term fund that will invest in real estate assets in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The Pallas Short Term Fund is a mortgage loan warehouse facility with a minimum investment term of six months and offers investors a 5.5% per annum yield payable ...

DomaCom hits $100m in FUM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... farmland, renewable energy, property developments, disability and affordable housing, special opportunities in new business, mortgage lending and land banking. Perhaps the most progressive development for the DomaCom Fund is an investment product for ...