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
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
