Duncan Hughes| Australian Financial Review| 14 August 2019 https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/developers-offer-advisers-90-000-to-flog-high-rise-apartments-20190813-p52gk1 Commission payments of between $30,000 and $90,000 – plus extra incentives for multiple sales – are being offered by developers to buyers’ and real estate agents, financial advisers and accountants to sell houses and apartments. Lucrative financial incentives are increasing in the lead-up to the spring […]
[...]The Real Estate Conversation| 12 August 2019 https://www.therealestateconversation.com.au/news/2019/08/12/household-financial-comfort-dragged-down-residential-property-price-falls-and Financial comfort in Australian households has dipped following residential property price falls and a weakening of the labour market, new research from ME Bank has revealed. The institution’s Household Financial Comfort Report has indicated people have been feeling worse about their net wealth, jobs, income and living expenses in the […]
[...]Peter Martin| The Conversation| 9 August 2019 https://theconversation.com/rba-update-governor-lowe-points-to-even-lower-rates-121690 Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has said two things about unemployment in the past few weeks. Together, they lead to an inescapable conclusion. The first was in a speech in May, expanded on in a speech in June. At both times the published unemployment rate was 5.2%. […]
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AFCA Media Release 15 July 2019 https://www.afca.org.au/news/media-releases/afca-delivers-83m-win-for-consumers-and-small-business/ Australian consumers and small businesses with financial complaints have collected over $83 million through the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) in its first six months of operations. AFCA’s Six Month Report which was published today reveals the complaints body has received over 35,000 complaints, far exceeding initial forecasts. The report […]
[...]Jacob Passy| Market Watch| 13 August 2019 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-danish-bank-is-offering-mortgages-with-negative-interest-rates-why-you-shouldnt-wish-for-that-to-happen-in-the-us-2019-08-12 It’s safe to say that mortgage rates have never been lower in Denmark. In fact, they’re now negative. Denmark’s Jyske Bank , is now offering a 10-year fixed-rate mortgage at negative 0.5%. Additionally, Finland-based Nordea Bank announced Wednesday that it will offer a 20-year fixed-rate mortgage in […]
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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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