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Business lending may not match home loan slump: KPMG

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
Banks could struggle to make up for a slowdown in mortgage growth by increasing loans to businesses, according to financial services group KPMG. Australia's big banks have pinned their hopes on an upswing in business lending to counter a slowdown in ...

ANZ raises standard variable home loan rate by 0.25 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2003
ANZ Banking Group Ltd today said it will raise its standard variable home loan rate by 0.25 per cent to 6.82 per cent. It is the first major Australian bank to lift its home lending rates since the Reserve Bank of Australia increased the official cash ...

St George reports strong lift in profit to $606 million

St George Bank Ltd today said it expected to enjoy double digit earnings per share growth in 2004 and 2005. St George said it expects to lift its EPS by 10 to 11 per cent in 2004 and again by double digit figures in 2005. The bank today reported a 64.2 ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... quarter of a percentage point interest rate rise would add $27 a month to repayments on the average $161,500, 30-year home loan, while a 0.5 point hike would cost $54 a month more. CommSec senior analyst Craig James said the central bank could use scheduled ...

Super funds offering more additional services: new report

Industry funds are leading master trusts in the race to offer additional benefits and services, according to a new report by research group Selecting Super. At least 10 of the industry funds surveyed by Selecting Super now offer more services than the ...

Resi new chief to "keep pace with rapid growth"

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... an integral part of our plans not only to keep pace with our growth but to continue to be at the cutting edge of the home loan market."

No rate increases in near future: banks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003
In what should come as a relief to Australians with home loans, the head of the St George Bank and a senior executive from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia both said yesterday they did not expect official interest rates to rise in the near future. ...

Home lending bounces back in August: ABS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
The number of home loans issued bounced back in August, new figures showed today, driven by rising numbers of homebuyers refinancing their properties. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said housing finance in the month rose 2.1 per cent, following ...

Housing finance expected to have risen in August

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
The number of home loan approvals was expected to have risen in August as a low interest rate environment kept encouraging buyers and investors into the housing market. Most economists expect a rise of around 1.5 per cent in Australian housing finance ...

Home loan affordability falls to a seven year low: AMP/REIA

The affordability of home loans across Australia has fallen to a seven year low according to the AMP Banking/REIA Home Loan Affordability Indicator released today. The national Home Loan Affordability Indicator (HLAI), the ratio of median family income ...