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Australia Home Loans Rise 0.5% In January

The total number of new home loans in Australia was up a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent on month in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Friday - coming in at 54,953. That beat expect... read more

Home loan demand rises, but credit standards remain tight

While banks are seeing stronger demand for home loans, they're not loosening up their tight credit requirements, according to the Federal Reserve's April survey of senior loan officers. The survey, re... read more

Two More of Australia’s Big Banks Raise Home Loan Rates

Two more of Australia’s big banks have raised home loan rates as funding costs climb ... “However, it is enough to further dampen housing demand at a time when there are fewer buyers and many more sel... read more

Australian home loan rate rises cool lending, but risks to banks remain – Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings said that recent increases in home loan ... the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), is about to clamp down on bank lending to property investors, adding to rules imposed i... read more

New home loan figures rise slightly in April

The latest official figures show the number of new home loans ... monthly rise, but well below the increase of almost 5 per cent in March. But the total value of new loans fell by 0.2 per cent to $22. ... read more

US weekly mortgage demand falls as rates rise

U.S. home loan demand fell sharply in the week ended Feb. 4, as mortgage rates continued to rise from their lowest levels amid growing confidence in the economic conditions of the nation, the Mortgage ... read more

A Look At The 4 Big Australian Banks

The standard home loan in Australia is a variable rate at four to five percent. Rates are not fixed for 30 years like they are in America. The longest fixed rate loan one might get is for five years. ... read more

Home loans rise, led by investment finance

Home loan approvals rose for the ninth time in 10 months as the housing sector strengthens, benefitting from record low interest rates. Home loan approvals rose 1.0 per cent in October, and the value ... read more

Australia’s Banking System May Be The “Bloody Big Butterfly” Which Triggers Next “Financial Storm”

And secondly, only in Australia has the court system established a precedent where, if you can prove your mortgage broker or banker manipulated your loan application, you can keep your home and cancel ... read more

Four ways an Australian housing bubble could burst

The Conversation, CC BY-ND Higher interest rates lead to higher monthly repayments, as most of Australia’s home loans are adjustable ... in part because demand for housing is pushed higher by inbound ... read more

Australia's Westpac reports lower margins, warns delinquencies on rise

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp, the country’s second-biggest lender, on Friday reported a steep drop in quarterly margins on higher funding costs and cautioned that mortgage delin... read more

Aussie home loan demand picks up

According to research by leading data provider Veda, home loan inquiries climbed ... However, there were significant differences in loan demand between states during the first quarter of 2012. Western ... read more