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Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... "The same way we get subsidised medical advice...financial advice is just as important," he said. He also recommended home equity insurance products, where an insurance policy can be taken against the market value of a property, which protects the home ...

BOQ writes off franchise loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... and the licence fee (almost always 100 per cent financed by BOQ), overdrafts, credit cards and lines of credit under home equity loans, the typical owner of a struggling BOQ franchise in Sydney would have aggregate loans to the bank of in excess of $1 ...

RM advisers break through 1000 barrier

... consider taking out a reverse mortgage in the future, allowing seniors who own their own home to borrow against their home equity. Cameron Boggs

Less clients, larger loan sizes

... ahead of instalment warrants (7 per cent), protected portfolio loans (6 per cent), line of credit (4 per cent) and home equity based margin lending products (4 per cent). But the report found that the pattern of margin lending usage changed last year. ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... Macquarie increased their rates by 30 basis points. A number of lenders have announced big increases in rates for their home equity line of credit loans. On August 17, when Australian Central Credit Union put up rates on a range of loans by 25 basis ...

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... the financial markets, its so far modest effect on consumer spending is set to intensify as household debt exceeds home equity. Rising house prices have sent consumer debt soaring. However, a report by the Federal Reserve Board's Divisions of Research ...

New reverse mortgage broker group sets sail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... range of equity release alternatives and product information," Swan said. "Fortus members are at the forefront of the home equity release market. As home reversion schemes and shared appreciation mortgages become more widely accessible, we intend to ...

38 per cent of US retirees like reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... spending and 32 per cent expect to downsize their house and invest the excess proceeds. However, in a boost for the home equity release sector, 13 per cent expect to obtain a reverse mortgage while a further 25 per cent said they are actively thinking ...

Bluestone crossing the Tasman for NZ equity release

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... "Recent advances in the financial markets which have been pioneered by Bluestone now means that consumers can access home equity in a controlled and responsible way." Bluestone will be taking across the Tasman their lifetime fixed or capped interest ...

Home equity needs to be part of retirement strategy

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... re-branded financial services provider Over Fifty Group has published a paper pushing for a paradigm shift around home equity release, claiming bricks and mortar savings could plug the retirement savings gap. Over Fifty Group compiled the Commentary ...