PROPERTY BUYERS REFINANCE IN RECORD NUMBERS ASÂ SECOND TIER LENDERS RECOVER Mortgage refinancing hit a record high of 37.2% of all mortgages arranged in March, with increasing numb
INVESTORS STORM THE PROPERTY MARKET AS SECOND-TIER LENDERS STAGE A COME-BACK: FEBRUARY MORTGAGE FIGURES After a lull over the summer holidays property investors are flocking back t
47% SLUMP IN MORTGAGE SALES: AFG WARNS RBA ON ANOTHER RATE RISE A dramatic slump in mortgage sales in January has prompted AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker, to warn the R
2 OUT OF EVERY 5 MORTGAGES FOR INVESTMENT AS NSW BUCKS NATIONAL DECLINE – DECEMBER FIGURES Two out of every five mortgages arranged in NSW in December were for investment propert
AVERAGE MORTGAGES HIT ALL TIME HIGH DESPITEÂ CAUTIOUS MARKET – NOVEMBER FIGURES The average new mortgage arranged in Australia in November reached $367,000, the highest on re
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
