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Super funds to back new home equity mortgage group

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Superannuation funds are set to get behind a new home equity mortgage group, headed up by the former chief executive officer of Rothschild Asset Management, that will bring shared appreciation style mortgages to Australia. Peter Martin together with ...

Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... genuinely advise a client if an equity release strategy was in their best interests. "You can't expect advisers to offer home equity release strategies unless they are a fully competent financial planner, aware of all the issues... In my opinion, you ...

Daily Economic Update

... spending (rising house prices allow consumers to increase spending by extracting housing wealth through cash-outs and/or home equity loans). The pace and extent of the housing market slowdown will be a key factor for the US economy going forward..

Daily economic update: Consumer confidence rebounds

... Federal Reserve's senior loan officer survey for October revealed that few banks have tightened lending standards on home equity loans despite repeated warnings from regulators. This is an area that has the potential for problems to appear, especially ...

Mariner releases product, "unlocking the equity in family homes"

... accumulation but not necessarily as a financial asset that can be used to fund retirement. Mariner Equity Access will free up home equity to provide financial independence." The loans can be taken over investment properties or homes, with an option to ...

Reverse Mortgages on the comeback: Datamonitor

... Boorman says. "An estimated 80% of individuals aged 60 and over own their home and at the end of 2003 the total value of home equity held by this consumer segment was almost $440 billion.

Major banks begin increasing home loan rates

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
... cent, with its Money Saver home loan rising to 6.47 per cent, its equity manager loan lifting to 7.07 per cent and home equity loan increasing to 7.57 per cent. ANZ said its fixed rate home and residential loans for new customers would also rise on December ...

ANZ raises standard variable home loan rate by 0.25 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2003
... increase by 0.25 percentage points. That took its Money Saver rate to 6.22 per cent, Equity Manager to 6.82 per cent and Home Equity rate to 7.32 per cent. Fixed rate home and residential loans for new customers would increase by 0.25 percentage points ...

House price declines now the major risk to growth: RBA

... housing price cycle turns." The bank said that declining house prices could be expected to curtail the practice of home equity withdrawal, and which could result in a cutback in spending. "The risk of a large impact from such an event will be greater ...
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