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AFIG plays cards close to chest on GE Money speculation

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2004
Australian Financial Investments Group (AFIG), the mortgage company which owns non-bank lender Wizard Home Loans, on Friday declined to comment on speculation that it is talking to a potential buyer. AFIG, 25% each owned by Deutsch Asset Management ...

Homeloans to purchase company authorised as a responsible entity

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
Homeloans on Friday announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase a company that would allow it to establish a mortgage trust. The purchase is conditional on the company to be acquired's application to the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Mortgage Choice gets Mac Attack, supersizes board

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Mortgage broker Mortgage Choice has supersized its board with a double serve of McTalent. The unlisted home loan company said it appointed former McDonald\'s Australia chairman Peter Ritchie as its chairman. The current deputy managing director of McDonalds ...

Junior mortgage broker asks ACCC to look at anti-comp behaviour

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
A junior mortgage broker on Friday called on the competition watchdog to investigate its claims of anti-competitive behaviour among banks and mortgage brokers. Refund Home Loans founder Wayne Ormond, whose company gives part of its commission back to ...

Bank of Qld withdraws from mortgage mkt; affirms FY04 growth

Bank of Queensland said today that it would withdraw from the mortgage broker market and reaffirmed its growth forecasts for the 2004 financial year. Bank of Queensland managing director David Liddy said that the company reaffirmed its 10-12% cash EPS ...

Loans to property investors continue to fall: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirmed a slowdown in the property market, coming on top of a drop in home loan approvals earlier this week. Home loans for owner-occupiers fell 1.1%, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the ABS said. The ...

Interest rates remain on hold in April

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... rates on hold. The official cash rate will remain at 5.25%, where it has been since December, leaving standard variable home loan rates at about 7.07%. Analysts had expected the RBA to leave rates on hold this month, and possibly even for the rest of ...

CBA launches sixth global mortgage securitisation

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2004
... Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) programme. The assets comprise fixed and variable rate loans originated from the Bank's home loan portfolio and from the portfolio of Homepath Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal is structured to include ...

Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Home loan affordability across Australia was at its lowest in more than eight years at the end of 2003, making it even more difficult for first home buyers to enter the property market. During the December quarter of 2003, home loan affordability in ...

Property investment loans plunge in January: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
New loans to property investors plunged 15.5% in January, figures showed today, confirming higher interest rates have cooled interest in the housing market. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said borrowing for property investment fell for the ...