The recap of mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. The top stories for the week ending 22/06/08: ACCC releases Advice on dealing with Mortgage Stress ACCC After reports of real estate buyers seeming to be trying to take advantage of those under mortgage stress by offering under market value buyouts the ACCC has released opened a section [...]

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. Here is top stories for the week ending 08/06/08: Survey finds record slump in house prices news.com.au Produced quarterly the Mortgage Choice / Real Estate Market Facts indicates housing prices have have cooled off a little. The report which surveys the capitals and major regional cities [...]

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. Here is top stories for the week ending 25/05/08: Prime mortgage market delinquencies up SMH Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings says the Australian prime mortgage market showed an increase in 30-plus day delinquencies , increasing to 1.31 per cent in the quarter, from 1.07 per cent [...]

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. This week it’s all about the Federal Governments Budget - here is top stories for the week ending 18/05/08:

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. The top stories for the week ending 11/05/08: Real World Facts Emerge on ‘Mortgage Stress’ Genworth Financial, who provide Lenders Mortgage Insurance, have released details of a report indicating that out of the one million policies currently in place that 5000 of those may [...]

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. The top stories for the week ending 04/05/08: Rent a block: ACT Govt to make land ownership optional for homebuyers The Canberra Times I a new approach to housing affordability low income earners moving into the Canberra housing market will have the option of renting the [...]

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. The top stories for the week ending 27/04/08: Mortgage stress levels could rise: study

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. The top stories for the week ending 16/03/08:

The recap of this weeks mortgage, home loan and housing news in Australia. The top stories for the week ending 09/03/08: This week it’s all about the effects of the credit crisis and diminishing trust within financial markets. As banks face criticism for raising rates beyond that of the Reserve Bank we also need to ask questions [...]

The RBA has, much as expected, raised the cash rate by .25% to 7.25%, effectively adding $50 to a monthly mortgage repayment on a $300,000 home loan. And there’s pressure on interest rates in the money markets, which the major banks haven’t much choice but to pass on, so keep watching for the possibility of [...]