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Australians’ dreams of owning their own home is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve with housing becoming less affordable, a new report reveals....
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Non-major lenders dominated the home loan market in January and notched up the highest proportion of home loans since the GFC, mortgage broker AFG revealed....
Financial planning
The corporate regulator has hit out at the media for saying it bungled a loan fraud case worth $110 million, claiming the transgression it’s being blamed for is outside i...
Funds management
First home buying has fallen to its lowest level ever, making up just 6.9 per cent of all home loans, down from a previous long-term national average of 15 per cent, acco...
Financial planning
Authorised deposit-taking institutions’ mortgage lending practices will come under the microscope in 2015 as APRA seeks to clampdown on risky lending....
Financial planning
Most Australians are in the dark about how much commission mortgage brokers are earning for their home loan advice, a survey has revealed. ...
Financial planning
A South Australian finance broker has pleaded guilty to forging a memorandum of mortgage, to defraud $170,000 from an investor....
Financial planning
Integration between advice and mortgage broking has reintroduced conflicted remuneration banned under FOFA with the move labelled a ‘deliberate’ exploitation of a legisla...
Financial planning
Centrepoint looks to grow mortgage footprint across broader business with key appointment....
Financial planning
Mortgage Choice will push into financial planning aiming to double planners numbers by June 2015....
Financial planning
Banks’ efforts to capture lending market share has led to a surge in demand for mortgage experts, according to a Hays survey....
Funds management
Australia’s property market is being driven by a surge in first time investors, who view it as a way to future proof their wealth, a survey reveals....
Financial planning
Yellow Brick Road moved to acquire non-bank mortgage manager Resi, partly thanks to a recent capital raising arrangement. ...
Financial planning
Non-major lenders triple market share of new fixed-rate loans, with ME Bank leading the way peaking at 13.8 per cent in November....
Financial planning
Mortgage Choice spokesperson Belinda Williamson has suggested small pockets of declining interest in fixed rates may be a sign of increasing consumer confidence. ...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...