Mortgage Index – March 2012
HIGHEST FEBRUARY MORTGAGE SALES ON RECORD AS FIXED RATE LOANS PEAK Average new home loan reaches $400k for first time ever AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker, had its high
HIGHEST FEBRUARY MORTGAGE SALES ON RECORD AS FIXED RATE LOANS PEAK Average new home loan reaches $400k for first time ever AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker, had its high
MASSIVE SWING BACK FOR JANUARY MORTGAGE FIGURES, BUTÂ BORROWERS PLAY WAIT AND SEE ON RATES Mortgage sales for January were much higher than in the same month last year, when floods
DRAMATIC HOME LOAN GRAB BY NON MAJOR LENDERS: DECEMBER FIGURES Non major lenders increased their share of the home loan market by almost a quarter in December, according to figur
BORROWERS DEFY GLOBAL GLOOM – RATE CUT SEES MORTGAGE MARKET LEAP 18% IN NOVEMBER Record 2 in 5 new mortgages for investors Mortgage borrowers defied the global gloom in November
FIRST HOME BUYERS RETURN AS LENDERS COMPETE ON RATES First Home Buyers are returning to the market in greater numbers than at any time since September 2009, according to AFG, Aus
MASSIVE LEAP IN FIXED RATE LOANS AS FIRST HOME BUYERS RETURN TO THE MARKET IN NSW AND WA Fixed rate home loans rose sharply in popularity in September, as first home buyers retur
MORTGAGE SALES SURGE ON RATE EXPECTATIONS: AUGUST DATA August mortgage sales surged to their highest volume in over eighteen months according to AFG, Australia’s largest mortga
MORTGAGE MARKETS STAGNATE ON CONSUMER FEARS Only 11.7% of mortgages for owner occupiers: July data Australia’s mortgage sales declined by 3.7% in July, as consumers remain fearfu
BIG BANKS GRAB MARKET SHARE AS BUYERS REFINANCE: JUNE MORTGAGE DATA Highly competitive home loan deals offered by Australia’s big four banks has seen them grab market share fro
SURPRISE UPLIFT FOR MORTGAGES AS INVESTORS SWOOP: MAY FIGURES Mortgage sales increased by 18.8% in May as investors took advantage of softer market conditions according to AFG, A
AFG CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO BOOST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AFTER ANOTHER FLAT MONTH: APRIL FIGURES AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker, has called on the Government to address w
MORTGAGE SALES RECOVER AFTER THE FLOODS – BUT STILL LOWER THAN MARCH 2010: LATEST FIGURES New South Wales bucks the trend with stronger figures Mortgage sales during March saw a