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Home lending falls for first time in almost 12 months: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2003
Home loan approvals fell in October for the first time in almost a year, new figures showed today, driven by a drop in people buying established homes. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said lending increased for building and buying new ...

Australians still hungry for property AMP indicator reveals

Despite the recent fall from grace of property marketer Henry Kaye as well as the plunge of home loan affordability to its lowest recorded level since September 1995, Australia remains as infatuated with property as ever, today's AMP Banking/REIA Home ...

Macquarie research shows housing remains affordable

Despite escalating housing prices - exacerbated by the two recent interest rate increases by the Reserve Bank - research by Macquarie Mortgages and Macquarie Property has shown that housing is still within reach for many Australians. "The fact is that ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... resulted in a significant increase in the median monthly mortgage repayment of just under $160 for the average first home buyer. Only Hobart recorded improved affordability among the state capitals in the September quarter (up 1.8 per cent). The affordability ...

Rising rates take steam out of real estate market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
Rising interest rates have helped take some of the steam out of Australia's real estate market as price rises begin to show signs of plateauing and short-term speculators exit the market. Clearance rates at auctions in New South Wales over the past ...

General Motors' financier to enter landmark Chinese joint venture

General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) has become the first automotive financier to apply for a licence to conduct business in China, the vice president of GMAC's Asia Pacific operations Carlos Ribeiro has announced. "GMAC is the first automotive ...

RBA takes aim at property tax breaks

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Generous tax breaks for property investors were a key driver of the house price boom, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's home ownership inquiry, the bank dismissed a shortage of houses or land ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian stocks close lower

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2003
AMP dropped another three per cent or 20 cents to $6.20 as NAB kept silent on its takeover intentions for the financial services group. Media stocks were also depressed, with News Corp sliding 46 cents to $12.63 and its preferred scrip losing 39 cents ...

Robust housing finance figures for September: ABS

The housing sector continued its growth during September with a four percent increase in housing finance for owner occupation registered across Australia during the month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. A total of 62,218 lending ...

Mortgage broker to compensate former clients

Express Loans and Finance Pty Ltd, operators of the Express Loans mortgage broking business, will be required to pay compensation to past clients, following enforceable undertakings won by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...