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Will the death of the “no deposit” home loan signal tighter Bank lending guidelines

The Commonwealth Bank Of Australia is the first bank in Australia to denounce the no deposit loan as not meeting their new tightened guidelines. But will that eventually come back as jingle mail to haunt them if other lenders won’t refinance their bad loans?

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Nothing down and low deposit finance turns on first home buyers

Home buyers turn to no deposit and  low-deposit mortgages Lowering home affordability means that first-time home buyers are cutting back on the size of their deposits and opting for bigger mortgages, industry people say. Average deposits for first-time buyers have shrunk to between three and six per cent in recent years compared with the traditional [...]

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