Scott Haslem| Australian Financial Review| 1 August 2022 https://www.afr.com/wealth/personal-finance/three-reasons-inflation-could-be-lower-by-next-year-20220728-p5b5bq Fears of a global recession and a housing market crash have dominated headlines after Australia’s 6.1 per cent inflation figure last week, our fastest pace in over 20 years. Fuelling the car, building a home (or just living in someone else’s) and keeping food on the […]
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John Kehoe| Austalian Financial Review| 29 July 2022 https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/inflation-can-turn-negative-in-2023-20220729-p5b5nh Inflation could turn negative by late next year as petrol prices decline and supply chain pressures ease, allowing the Reserve Bank of Australia to avoid being too aggressive on interest rate rises. Economists expect some major global inflationary pressures to be temporary and Australia’s quarterly headline […]
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Sam Nicholls| Mortgage Business| 2 August 2022 Refinancing surges by 29% across east coast during FY22 – Mortgage Business The number of borrowers refinancing across Australia’s three eastern states hit record figures over the 2022 financial year, according to new PEXA data. As highlighted in PEXA’s latest Mortgage Insights Report, there was a record 331,976 property […]
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Annie Kane| Mortgage Business| 2 August 2022 Funding cost pressures should ease by 2023: Pepper – Mortgage Business Rising cost of funds are impacting both banks and non-banks at the moment, but should ease from next year, the non-bank lender’s treasurer has noted. The treasurer of Pepper Money, Anthony Moir, has outlined that while lenders […]
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Kate Aubrey| Mortgage Business| 1 August 2022 Mortgage lending continues steady growth – Mortgage Business Home loan lending remains “stable” over June, with all four major banks reporting an increase to their loan book, according to APRA. New authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) has shown that total residents […]
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The property market is cooling – primarily due to rising mortgage rates. However, many businesses can thrive in this environment. When rates are going up, just turning up at your local bank for a mortgage and expecting to get a loan is not going to cut the mustard. And this has proven to the case […]
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Ingrid Fuary-Wagner | Australian Financial Review | 30 June 2019 https://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/best-month-for-sydney-auctions-in-almost-two-years-20190630-p522o1 Cashed-up buyers who have been biding their time and waiting out the downturn are now starting to make their move as selling agents report an influx of inquiries, more people through open homes and stronger competition at auctions, albeit it with very few properties […]
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Ingrid Fuary-Wagner | Australian Financia l Review| 1 July 2019 https://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/property-recovery-starts-in-sydney-melbourne-20190627-p52202 Property price growth in Sydney and Melbourne is in positive territory for the first time since the market peaked in 2017, as lower mortgage rates and improved buyer sentiment in combination with a dearth of new listings spurs a market recovery. Values grew slightly […]
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James Eyers & Misa Han | The Australian Financial Review | 10 May 2019 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/inside-the-westpac-case-that-could-alter-banking-20190510-p51lz4 It’s a case that will define one of the most fundamental jobs of a bank – working out whether to lend to a customer. On one side is the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The regulator has taken Westpac Banking […]
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James Frost & James Eyers | The Australian Financial Review | 1 May 2019 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/anz-says-7-25pc-buffer-has-to-go-20190501-p51j0g ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott urged the prudential regulator to scale back the buffer requiring new borrowers have the capacity to pay a 7.25 per cent interest rate, warning it was forcing the bank to turn away one in five […]
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Annie Kane | The Adviser | 7 May 2019 https://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/39077-three-quarters-of-smes-believe-bank-appetite-has-decreased Seventy-four per cent of small business owners believe that bank appetite for SME lending has decreased this financial year, while 30 per cent believe that access to capital is the biggest impediment to growth this year. According to a recent survey conducted by specialist business […]
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David Scutt | Business Insider Australia | 10 May 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-house-prices-best-worst-performing-capital-city-2019-5 Australia’s median home price slumped 7.2% in the year to April. An even larger 8.4% decline was recorded in the capital cities in average weighted terms. The price falls in some regional capital city markets were substantially larger than the national average. In others, […]
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