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Australian Mortgage Industry in for Big Changes

August 05, 2015 by Finance Guy

Buying an investment property in Australia, has suddenly become more difficult.  Several lenders have adjusted their policies toward residential investment mortgages, and all the changes have made it more difficult for borrowers. 

We expect that the Australian mortgage industry is about to go through more changes, and all of them will make it more difficult to borrow for a home loan

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August 05, 2015 /Finance Guy
mortgage, home loan, APRA, ASIC, RBA, CBA, ANZ, NAB, Westpac, Owner Occupied, Investment Property, Credit, Reserve Bank of Austrlia, Standard Variable Rate

Do Banks Pass on Rate Cuts?

June 24, 2015 by Finance Guy

Over the past 8 years, since the GFC, the banks have passed on 65% of rate cuts to home loans and kept 35% of the difference for themselves.  Whether the retained amount was due to profiteering or covering costs, we can not say.

We have streetonomic look at the net interest margin made on mortgages in Australia 

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June 24, 2015 /Finance Guy
RBA, GFC, Big Four, Official Cash Rate, Standard Variable Rate, Discount Variable, SVR, Bill Shorten

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