States and councils rely on a variety of taxes to fund their activities and provide public goods and services to its residents. However, the traditional reliance on property taxes, such as land tax and stamp duty, has come under scrutiny in recent years. Many experts argue that state governments and local councils should broaden their […]
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Attention all aspiring mortgage brokers! Now is the perfect time to pursue your career goals and become a mortgage broker, and Walker and Miller can help make that happen. With the housing market in termoil and interest rates changing monthly, the demand for mortgage brokers is at an all-time high. As a mortgage broker, you […]
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As a mortgage broker, you rely on the health of the property market to generate business and help your clients secure home loans. In recent years, the Australian property market has been booming, with prices soaring in many major cities. However, there are signs that the market may be cooling off in some areas, and […]
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The Skills-Value Matrix By Anil Puri This is the 2nd step to take towards a more productive and effective use of your time. In our previous Time Log video blog you got a good idea of where you are spending your time and where your time goes. The next step is to map out all of your […]
[...]Michael Janda| ABC| 13 December 2022 Depending on how high interest rates go — and how bad the latest property bust gets — it could go down as among the worst decisions in Australian financial regulatory history. No — unlike the media pack tearing shreds off Phil Lowe — I’m not talking about the Reserve Bank of Australia governor’s repeated […]
[...]UNSW Business Think| Analysis| 7 November 2022 What happens to the economy if people can’t pay their home loans? – UNSW BusinessThink As Australia sees mortgage stress and other cost-of-living pressures rise, can it avoid the financial impact that is currently being seen in the UK and US? For economists – and indeed, anyone else […]
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Jack Derwin| Business Insider| 12 August 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-rba-is-now-considering-the-drastic-measure-of-negative-interest-rates-meaning-you-could-be-paid-to-borrow-money-from-the-bank-2019-8 Australians could soon be paid to borrow money from banks for the first time in history, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says it’s prepared to take extraordinary steps to stimulate the economy. Facing up to the government’s standing economic committee on Friday, RBA governor Phillip […]
[...]Hannah Dowling| Mortgage Business| 8 August 2019 https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/13686-mortgage-approval-values-bounced-back-in-june ABS data from June has reported an overall increase in lending values, driven by owner-occupiers and first home buyers. According to the latest Lending to Households and Businesses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the total value of home loan approvals increased, in seasonally adjusted […]
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MFAA | 19 June 2019 https://www.mfaa.com.au/news/mortgage-brokers-record-highest-ever-market-share-amidst-tough-market-conditions The mortgage broker channel has recorded its highest ever residential home loan market share result with brokers settling 59.7 per cent of all residential home loans during the January – March 2019 quarter, according to the latest data released by research group comparator, a CoreLogic business, and commissioned by the […]
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David Ross| Domain | 27 June 2019 https://www.domain.com.au/money-markets/why-your-credit-score-is-going-to-change-on-july-1-852970/ Lenders are set to learn a lot more about borrowers from July 1, with banks required to share more data on applicants than ever before. The full implementation of comprehensive credit reporting next month means everyone’s credit score is likely to change. It’s set to be a […]
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Mortgage Business | 2 July 2019 https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/13565-open-banking-regime-commences The financial services sector has officially ushered in the first phase of the new open banking regime. The 2019-20 financial year has kicked off with the launch of the open banking regime, a framework designed to facilitate the open exchange of data in the private sector, beginning with […]
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The property and finance industry is on the starter’s block but is unsure what the next race will be. Certainly we are looking at profound changes. A May election could see a change of power in Canberra with a Labor Government poised to remove negative gearing for established properties. While the majority of commentators are […]
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While the housing market is strong, there are signs it’s slowing. Under these conditions knowing whether buyers can get finance will be key. The white-hot price gains of March moderated in April. Sydney auction clearance rates of about 90 per cent in March have also slowed to about 80 per cent and Melbourne has ticked down […]
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Malavika Santhebennur| Mortgage Business| 14 May 2021 Investor enquiries rise, FHBs wane: REA Group – Mortgage Business A report has found that property investor enquiry spiked and first home buyer enquiry faded on the realestate.com.au website compared with 2020 as HomeBuilder concluded. The REA Group’s REA Insights Housing Market Indicators Report May 2021 revealed that in April 2021, email […]
[...]Martin Kelly| Australian Financial Review| 14 May 2021 House market cools but prices stay hot (afr.com) Big home price increases, fewer buyers and the removal of government purchase incentives are combining to slow the Australian property market, even though the number of active investors is up, REA Group says. But home prices should keep rising, […]
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Annie Kane| Mortgage Business| 19 April 2021 Major banks revise house price predictions – Mortgage Business The CEOs of the big four banks have outlined what their forecasts are for house prices over the next few years. The CEOs of the big four banks appeared before the House of Representatives economics standing committee last week, […]
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Michae Pascoe| The New Daily| 4 November 2020 https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2020/11/04/michael-pascoe-housing-prices/ The first lesson this week was that when offered cheap money, a significant number of Australians will rush to buy residential real estate, recession or not. The second lesson was this is pretty much what core economic policy has been reduced to in Australia – inflating […]
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‘Be careful what you wish for’ goes the old adage. Nowhere is the more true than in proposed changes to Stamp Duty which may have huge impacts on the way the property market operates. Changes proposed by NSW (and likely to be followed by other states will see stamp duty phased out and replaced by […]
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