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St George pulls no deposit home loans

St George pulls no deposit home loans

9:19 AM

No deposit home loans will no longer be available from any of the major banks after St George announced the product will be axed next month....

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Mortgage activity improves in UK

Mortgage activity improves in UK

9:18 AM

Home finance approvals jumped by 19% in the UK during February 2009, indicating that low interest rates and soft house prices are luring som...

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Housing crash unlikely: RBA

Housing crash unlikely: RBA

9:41 AM

A repeat of a US-style subprime crisis is unlikely to occur in Australia, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia's analysis of the h...

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US property market finally on the rise

US property market finally on the rise

3:52 PM

New US home sales rose for the first time in February 2009 after seven months of decline, indicating that the market may have finally hit bo...

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Property investors positively gearing

Property investors positively gearing

12:02 PM

Residential property investors are benefiting from low interest rates and high rents and are being able to positively gear their investments...

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Old timers taking up first home owners grant incentive

Old timers taking up first home owners grant incentive

10:43 AM

According to a survey conducted by Mortgage Choice, there has been a sharp rise in the number of people buying their first home later in lif...

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Borrowers keeping their repayments high

Borrowers keeping their repayments high

10:39 AM

According to Westpac and Commonwealth Bank, between 60% and 70% of their home loan customers have chosen to retain their repayments at a hig...

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CBA repayment freeze extended to unemployed

CBA repayment freeze extended to unemployed

10:19 AM

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced that it will offer a deferred repayment initiative for its customers in light of rising unemployme...

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ING to tighten up lending

ING to tighten up lending

9:44 AM

ING Direct has announced changes to its lending policies relating to mortgages with high loan to valuation ratios. Maximum LVRs on mortgages...

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Borrowing increases across the board

Borrowing increases across the board

9:41 AM

Lending finance data released by the ABS yesterday confirmed the pace of home borrowing activity is continuing to pick up. Housing finance f...

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Stimulus payments flow through to retail

Stimulus payments flow through to retail

9:39 AM

Australian families are taking to the shops to spend the first of the government’s multibillion dollar stimulus payments. The Daily Telegrap...

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Next housing boom beginning now

Next housing boom beginning now

1:11 PM

After five quarters of decline, twenty one thousand mortgages were started in the December 2008 quarter, a rise of 12% , says figures from t...

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Australian house prices safe from US-like fall out

Australian house prices safe from US-like fall out

9:23 AM

According to ANZ's latest Property Outlook report, Australian house prices will remain relatively well-supported by good market fundamen...

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House prices stabilise in December 2008 quarter

House prices stabilise in December 2008 quarter

9:19 AM

Government and Reserve Bank measures to safeguard property markets appear to have taken effect, with house prices holding steady in the Dece...

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Aussies spending despite crisis

Aussies spending despite crisis

4:36 PM

The global financial crisis won't stop a majority of Australian consumers from spending at the same rate as they did before the downturn...

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Housing market poised for growth: BIS Shrapnel

Housing market poised for growth: BIS Shrapnel

9:40 AM

According to BIS Shrapnel, rising unemployment and the expiry of the increased First Home Owners Grant (FHOG) will not affect strong growth ...

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Investors turn on super, shares and property

Investors turn on super, shares and property

3:46 PM

The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index report shows that investor sentiment is continuing to turn against shares, superann...

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Housing undersupply to hit 431,000 by 2028

Housing undersupply to hit 431,000 by 2028

9:17 AM

A government assessment of housing supply has confirmed that Australia is suffering a severe housing shortage that will worsen noticeably sh...

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Applications for home loans continues to grow

Applications for home loans continues to grow

9:12 AM

According to the ABS, home buyer activity – buoyed by first home owners – continued to climb in January 2009. The figures showed that the to...

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Industry under threat if First Home Owners Grant not extended

Industry under threat if First Home Owners Grant not extended

9:03 AM

With the first home owners grant (FHOG) coming to an end in a few months time, AFG's Mark Hewitt warns that if the government chooses no...

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Qld loan waiting times blow out

Qld loan waiting times blow out

8:57 AM

Home loan applications from first home buyers from areas in regional Queensland are taking about three weeks to assess through most lenders....

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First home buyers make use of government grants

First home buyers make use of government grants

11:03 AM

Successive interest rate cuts, government incentives and falling property prices have been key factors in driving significant improvements i...

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MFAA lobbies government to extend FHOG increase

MFAA lobbies government to extend FHOG increase

11:05 AM

The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), has called on the government to extend the boost to the first home owners grant ...

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Dramatic improvement in home affordability

Dramatic improvement in home affordability

11:04 AM

The latest Housing Affordability Report from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) and Deposit Power has confirmed the dramatic impr...

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Australia suffers first quarterly contraction

Australia suffers first quarterly contraction

11:44 AM

The December 2008 quarter GDP results released yesterday, indicated that the pull of the global downturn might prove too strong for Australi...

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Borrowers drive down debt

Borrowers drive down debt

11:41 AM

Economic uncertainty is spurring increasingly prudent behaviour among borrowers as they focus on debt reduction. According to a survey condu...

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RBA places rates on hold

RBA places rates on hold

12:14 PM

The Reserve Bank has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 3.25 per cent, commenting that Australia’s economy continued to fare much b...

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Mortgage stress on the decline

Mortgage stress on the decline

12:11 PM

The Fujitsu Mortgage Stress-O-Meter yesterday confirmed that mortgage stress is on the decline. The meter recorded a 1.5% drop from December...

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New home demand soars

New home demand soars

9:18 AM

New home sales surged in January 2009, as first home buyers jumped to take advantage of the tripled first home owner grant. HIA figures rele...

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Time to get to know your free ATMs

Time to get to know your free ATMs

9:59 AM

The Australian Bankers Association (ABA) says that customers will need to know how to locate free ATMs after changes to ATM charging start t...

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Aussies pay 'unheard of' bank fees

Aussies pay 'unheard of' bank fees

9:57 AM

Australian households pay, on average, $1,000 every year in bank fees and charges. According to Fujitsu Consulting, Australian bank customer...

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