Banking Royal Commission Interim Report: Business Lending in the Clear

James Eyers| Australian Financial Review| 28 September 2018 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/financial-services/banking-royal-commission-interim-report-business-lending-in-the-clear-20180928-h15zcu Business lending is highly unlikely to face calls for tougher regulation in the final report of the royal commission, after Commissioner Kenneth Hayne suggested the hearings

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Banking Royal Commission Interim Report: End to Trailing Commissions for Mortgage Brokers

James Eyers & Joyce Moullakis| Australian Financial Review| 28 September 2018 https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/financial-services/banking-royal-commission-interim-report-end-to-trailing-commissions-for-mortgage-brokers-20180928-h15zcw Up-front and trailing commissions paid to mortgage brokers by lenders are making the home loan market more risky, the royal commission said in

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Small Business Blames ‘Real Tightening’ in Credit on Banking Royal Commission

John Kehoe| Australian Financial Review| 23 September 2018 https://www.afr.com/news/small-business-blames-real-tightening-in-credit-on-the-banking-royal-commission-20180922-h15qg6 Small business says it is facing a credit crunch and is blaming the royal commission into financial services for causing nervous banks to slow lending to

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Bank Withdraws SMSF Lending

Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 27 September 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/bank-withdraws-smsf-lending-255441.aspx The number of banks offering self-managed super fund (SMSF) lending has dropped again as another lender announces it is pulling the product from its offering. AMP has

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NAB Makes Changes to Broker Commissions

Rebecca Pike| Australian Broker| 11 September 2018 https://www.brokernews.com.au/news/breaking-news/nab-makes-changes-to-broker-commissions-254779.aspx A major lender is making changes to how mortgage broker commissions are calculated, becoming the first of the big four to do so. NAB is introducing the

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86% of Investors to Secure Next Loan Through a Broker

The Adviser| 25 September 2018 https://www.theadviser.com.au/breaking-news/38291-86-of-investors-to-secure-next-loan-through-a-broker An increasing number of property investors are looking to secure their next loan through a mortgage broker as they seek alternative finance solutions amid tighter lending policies. According to

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Property Experts Slam 60 Minutes Housing Crash Scaremongering

Isabelle Lane| The New Daily| 17 September https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/property/2018/09/17/housing-crash-60-minutes/ A television report alleging Australian home prices could crash by as much as 40 per cent in the next year has been slammed by property experts. Titled “Bricks and Slaughter”, the 60 Minutes

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Brokers should ready their business for CCR

Peter Beaumont| The Adviser| 25 September 2018 https://www.theadviser.com.au/blogs/38294-brokers-should-ready-their-business-for-ccr Brokers are being urged to review important business processes ahead of a new credit reporting framework coming into effect later this week. Comprehensive Credit Reporting (CCR) begins

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Migrants are still buying into the dream of home ownership, but it’s becoming more elusive

Brendan Coates| The Conversation| 24 July 2018 https://theconversation.com/migrants-are-still-buying-into-the-dream-of-home-ownership-but-its-becoming-more-elusive-100246 Recent Australian migrants are buying into the Great Australian Dream of home ownership. But rates of home ownership among recent migrants are falling, as they are among

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Thousands of Australians forced into rental stress: report highlights income disparity

Melissa Heagney| Domain| 21 August 2018 https://www.domain.com.au/news/thousands-of-australians-forced-into-rental-stress-report-highlights-income-disparity-20180821-h147ad-759186/ Renters living in the inner-suburbs of Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane are spending nearly half of their wages on rent – so much that renting is becoming as unaffordable as buying, according

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