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Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... management. Besides, the RBA's own review shows that the 90-day default rate on home loans is a mere 0.6% and that the mortgage buffer by borrowers (based on present interest rates) is around two years' worth of repayments. Perhaps Gov Glen's jawbone ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... the actor remarked that, "If they want to stimulate the economy and get people spending so they can look after their mortgage... give everyone $1 million." There'll be no problems with regard to take-ups and for sure, most of "everyone" would spend i ...

Ray White to launch financial advice dealership

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... aims to change the way financial advice isA perceived by everyday Australians", Ray White will use its real estate and mortgage broking business (Loan Market) as a referral network. In a job description for a financial planner on LinkedIn, the firm said ...

Mortgage Choice booms, invests in planners

AAP AND ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
A strong housing market has helped home lender Mortgage Choice deliver its best financial results ever with a record number of loan settlements. The lender's net profit rose 5.8% to $19.8 million in the year to June 30, up from $18.7 million in the ...

Movers and shakers

... appointment is exemplary of the group's focus on improving products and services to direct and third party banking and mortgage origination channels. MyState Limited chief executive Melos Sulicich, said:A "Huw brings a considerable breadth and depth ...

Adviser jailed for blowing client funds on fast cars

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
An adviser who defrauded investors out of $1 million to rent sports cars and buy a house has been jailed for more than five years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Carlo Cini, a former director ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... its asset purchases that's keeping inflation tame? But whatever works. Low yields on the tenners are, in turn, keeping mortgage rates low and stock valuations attractive. I don't have to remind you housing's large multiplier effect on the economy - it ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... carries out a share placement. QBE announced the $810 million share placement, along with the float of its Australian mortgage lenders mortgage insurance operations after unveiling an 18 per cent slide in its first half profit.

Advice group sues online forum over negative review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... against forum website Whirlpool over comments posted by a user named 'homemadecook.' WCS Group is a financial planning and mortgage broking business within NAB-owned dealer group Apogee. As first reported by The Age, WCS Group lodged a statement of claim ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... dead money, the real estate market is so diversified that you can't make simplistic judgments based on averages, living mortgage-free but investing in shares is living the dream, and at least when you are an owner you can hang pictures on your walls ...