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Parking glut may be inflating apartment prices

Isabelle Lane| The New Daily| 17 July 2018 https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/property/2018/07/17/carpark-glut-city-apartments/ A glut of parking spaces may be unnecessarily pushing up the cost of inner-city apartments, a property expert has warned. “Over half the residents of inner Melbourne do not own cars, and many people are paying for a space that they do not want or need,” said […]

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Introducing CCR: Lending Behaviour

Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 20 August 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/introducing-ccr-lending-behaviour-253836.aspx The head of a credit reporting facility has said brokers will need to be aware of lenders’ new risk appetite, including risk-based pricing, after comprehensive credit reporting (CCR) is introduced. The way lenders report borrowers’ credit information is changing and the major banks now have until the […]

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Fintechs fill the void left by commission

Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 16 August 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/fintechs-fill-the-void-left-by-commission-253731.aspx intechs are filling the gap in SME lending as the big four banks concentrate on the fallout from the royal commission, according to one online lender. The fintech commercial lending space opened up in around 2013 and since then has reported an annual growth rate of around […]

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Tightening of credit ‘not an overreaction’: RBA

Annie Kane| The Adviser| 17 August 2018 https://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/38145-tightening-of-credit-not-an-overreaction-rba The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia has conceded that the royal commission has affected the supply of credit, but added that he does not think the lenders’ tightening of policy has been an “overreaction”. Speaking at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on […]

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How property investors can cash in on the first-time home buyer surge

Richard Wakelin| Australian Financial Review| 21 August 2018 https://www.afr.com/personal-finance/how-property-investors-can-cash-in-on-the-firsttime-home-buyer-surge-20180820-h147ii Simplicity is often the hallmark of successful investors. They take an approach to asset selection that, in hindsight, can seem obvious and unremarkable. But they of course have other talents, not least the courage to act quickly and decisively when they see an opportunity. Property investment […]

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ANZ slashes variable home rates by 34 basis points in new move to boost buyers

Duncan Hughes| Australian Financial Review| 2 August 2018 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/financial-services/anz-slashes-variable-home-rates-by-34-basis-points-in-new-move-to-boost-buyers-20180802-h13gfx ANZ, the nation’s third largest lender, has slashed variable rates on its “no frills” home loan by 34 basis points to 3.65 per cent in the latest move by a big lender to stimulate flagging demand and build market share. The move has surprised a market […]

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