Home Loans & Mortgages

Mortgage fees: The Australian Labor government is about to legislate against home loan exit fees. Is this good or bad news for new home buyers ? From July 2011 home loan exit fees will be banned if the Government can pass its legislation to abolish them. The purpose of banning mortgage exit fees [or deferred [...]

Home Loan Lenders want the law changed to capture more of your financial details. Here’s a test of just how savvy a consumer you are: when was the last time you checked your credit file? For most of us, the answer would be never. Many people probably don’t even know there are two credit bureaus [...]

Its official. People don’t like big banks, and they love to hate the CBA The big four banks in my view are in a privileged position in the Australian Business World, almost cocooned and protected in law, but act as if they have made their own luck, and pay their top people accordingly. Shameful associations [...]

The Reserve Bank of Australia [RBA] is being blamed for a dive in housing construction, raising fears that rents are set to rise sky high due to a lack of residential rental housing accomodation in most Capital Cities and many regional areas. The number of new housing plans approved by local councils dipped 2 per cent in [...]

The Green bank fees and interest rate agenda
The Greens have bills before parliament to:
Regulate interest rate rises by ensuring banks charge no more than a fixed amount above a base rate,
Force banks to offer basic, free transaction accounts to all customers,
ban Bank ATM withdrawal fees and to cap mortgage exit fees.