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St.George to re-hire lenders as contractors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
In move that would provoke uproar if applied to financial advisers, St.George Bank will offer to transition some of its non-branch mortgage sales force in Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria to independent contractors restricted to selling only ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

... financial planners at ANZ Financial Planning, expects that more people will start shopping around to switch to a better home loan and consider income protection insurance. "I think the interest rate rise is going to create a churn in the mortgage market ...

Interest rate rise bad news for super contrib increase proposals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
... Illustrating this, he said, a family with gross income of $60,000, an average-sized $250,000 mortgage on the typical variable home loan rate will be $37.35 worse off after a second rate rise. Even borrowers on higher incomes with bigger mortgages will ...

Gen Xers jump online for home loans: Forrester

Internet savvy Gen Xers aren't just using the web to download music, chat to friends and trade on Ebay. A new survey has found a growing number of them use it for more serious reasons such as applying for home loans too. Research group Forrester has ...

Save before you buy: MIAA

Amid the plethora of home loan products with practically no deposit required, at least two thirds of Australians still prefer to save up a large enough deposit before buying a home, according to the latest survey on home ownership. The Mortgage Industry ...

Mortgage brokers see clearly with Vivid

... product and it also provides insurance for 'involuntary unemployment', critical for those who are thinking of getting a home loan or consolidating their debts. "This is a value add service that will not only help brokers diversify their income stream ...

Lo-doc lending headaches

Are lo-doc loans too high maintenance? While the Big Four banks have all jumped on the lo-doc bandwagon, consulting firm Deloitte said other finance groups are starting to question the business model behind non-conforming loans. Lo-doc loans or non-conforming ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
... International Ltd is due to list on Australian Stock Exchange. Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed LOWER after rising home loan approvals and political uncertainty helped to dampen the mood. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 35.6 points at ...

Flatmates to mortgage-mates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
Shifting demographics and affordability are forcing young people to re-think their strategy for breaking into the housing market. According to a report published in this month's YourMortgage magazine, in recent years the once clear-cut picture of home ...

Self-employed have different banking and investment needs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... disinterested in paperwork appears to the profile of customers knocking on the door of GE Money for a "non-conforming" home loan. And GE must welcome this type of customer, since they borrow, on average, twice as much as someone looking for a loan with ...