MORTGAGE MARKET COOLS AS RATES RISE AND FIRST HOMEÂ BUYING FALLS – LATEST FIGURES The mortgage market cooled in October as the number of first home buyers fell by 27% from Se
NO LAST MINUTE RUSH FOR FIRST HOME GRANTS – SEPTEMBER MORTGAGE FIGURES Despite first home buyer grants being reduced at the end of last month, there was no last minute rush b
TRADE-UP BUYERS RETURN TO MARKET – AUGUST MORTGAGEÂ FIGURES Property owners trading up their family homes are returning to the market after a period in the deep freeze accord
$354,000 – THE AVERAGE SIZE OF A NEW MORTGAGE IN AUSTRALIA REACHES RECORD: JULY MORTGAGE FIGURES The average new mortgage lodged in Australia rose to $354,000 in July – the
FIRST HOME BUYER ACTIVITY FALLS 30% – JUNE MORTGAGE FIGURES Mortgage sales to first home buyers have fallen by 30.6% since their peak in March according to AFG, Australia’s
FIRST HOME BUYER PEAK OVER – BUT INVESTORS TIP TOE BACK : LATEST MORTGAGE FIGURES The peak of first home buying activity is over according to AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage
Sales of fixed rate mortgages bounced to a nine month high in April as more borrowers see the current cycle of rate cuts coming to an end according to AFG, Australia’s largest mo
FIRST HOME BUYER STRENGTH CONCEALS LENDING SQUEEZE: LATEST FIGURES Continued strength in first home buying delivered a record month of mortgage sales in March according to AFG, Aus
BOOM MONTH FOR MORTGAGES AS FIRST HOME BUYERS RUSH TO MEET DEADLINE February was a boom month for mortgage sales as first home buyers rushed to take advantage of grants which come
Mortgage sales to first time home buyers leaped to an all time high of 25.8% of all mortgages arranged in January, according to AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker. AFG Mort
BOUNCE IN FIXED HOME LOANS AS BORROWERS LOCK IN LOW RATES : LATEST FIGURES Increasing numbers of borrowers are opting to lock in low interest rates according to figures published t
THEY’RE BACK: FIRST HOME BUYERS UP 120% IN THREE MONTHS – LATEST MORTGAGE FIGURES Having steered clear of the property market for most of the year, first home buyers are storm
