SMSFs slugged with higher home loan rates
The official cash rate may be low but superannuation funds are paying 100 basis points more than other investors in identical properties.
Duncan Hughes writes on Real Estate specialising in Commercial, Residential. Duncan is based in our Melbourne newsroom.
The official cash rate may be low but superannuation funds are paying 100 basis points more than other investors in identical properties.
Confidential plans to question baby boomer property buyers about their ability to repay mortgages could breach age discrimination guidelines.
Focus on more than just the interest rate when you're considering moving your home loan.
APRA wants to force residential mortgage lenders to extract more detailed information about borrowers' incomes and expenses.
Inside NAB's private borrowers' blacklist of more than 600 towns and suburbs where the bank has capped lending to buyers.
How retiring Baby Boomers are flexing their trillion-dollar financial muscles to challenge the status quo.
Investor loans and refinancing will further dominate the housing finance sector for the next 12 months, JPMorgan says.
It can be smart to play dumb in the hush-hush world of "silent property sales" – a marketing approach once the domain of the ultra-wealthy.
Westpac is toughening conditions on investor loans, the third change in three months due to pressure to curb interest-only loans.
AMP is targeting 130 suburbs for tougher scrutiny of valuations before loans are approved, leaked documents reveal.
Bargain alert: inner suburban properties - particularly apartments - in six capital cities are selling for less than a year ago.
Letting out rooms in your home can be a great little earner but make sure you're across neighbours, insurance and council regs.
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Apartment buyers need to make sure anyone who advises them is not taking commissions from the developers
The biggest changes to strata title for decades will have big ramifications for landlords not just in NSW but the rest of the country too.
Investors should be cautious paying top dollar for REITs especially with $3 billion of new issues coming on to the market.
Regulators are discreetly leaning on lenders to put the brakes on interest-only loans, analysis reveals.
Private equity bail-out funds are being launched for developers and off-the-plan investors who can't get bank financing.
Apartment buyers struggling to complete their purchase because of tough new lending rules have to face up to hard choices.
"Non-genuine savings" are being banned by lenders assessing property buyers' eligibility for home loans.
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