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Category Archives: Home Loans
ANZ Cuts Interest Rates By 0.27%
Well played, ANZ. After three of the big four banks passed on the Reserve Bank’s 25 basis point rate cut to customers earlier this week, ANZ Bank has exceeded everybody’s expectations by cutting its own standard variable rate by 0.27 … Continue reading
Banks Pass On Full RBA Rate Cut
Happy news for homeowners – three out of the big four Australian banks have passed on the full Reserve Bank rate cut announced yesterday, with the fourth likely to follow suit. The RBA cut the official cash rate by 25 … Continue reading
Introducing The Bank Reform Party
Fed up with your bank? You’re not alone. Now Australia has a newly-formed political party that’s making a pledge to champion consumer rights and push for a fairer banking system. The Bank Reform Party plans to contest the next Federal … Continue reading
Posted in Credit Cards, Home Loans, Savings Accounts, Term Deposits
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2012′s Most Satisfied Customers
Roy Morgan Research, Australia’s best known market research company, has held its second annual Customer Satisfaction Awards in Melbourne this week, honouring the companies and organisations with the most consistently happy customers in 2012. The awards are the result of … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Credit Cards, Home Loans, Income Protection Insurance, Life Insurance, Mobile Phones, Savings Accounts, Term Deposits
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CBA to Acquire Aussie Home Loans
The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed plans to take control of mortgage broker Aussie Home Loans, a move which will increase its position as Australia’s number one home loan provider and, potentially, tighten the big four bank’s stranglehold on the mortgage … Continue reading
Follow The Yellow Brick… Bank
Speculation of a new competitor entering the Australian home loan market has come to fruition today with confirmation of an agreement between Mark Bouris’ Yellow Brick Road and Macquarie Bank. The combination of Yellow Brick Road’s 130 store retail network … Continue reading
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More First Home Buyers Underwater
Sobering news for first home buyers: the latest Australian Mortgage Industry Report shows that more and more first-home applications are being rejected, and those who have purchased a home since 2008 may face the prospect of being in minimal or … Continue reading
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Fairer Banking for UK Customers
Banks in the UK will now have a chance to prove that they can put their customer’s interests first, thanks to a new accreditation scheme for ranking financial products and services according to responsibility and customer benefit. And a positive … Continue reading
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Best Names for Good Credit Ratings
UK comparison website Confused.com has released details of the names most likely to have a great credit rating in Britain – and the worst. Having recorded data from thousands of website users over the past year, the site has listed … Continue reading
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Home Prices Getting You Down?
There’s nothing to aspire to in Australia’s capital cities for new property market entrants with capital growth looking uncertain at best. If you’d purchased an apartment in Brisbane two years ago for $500k (where the market has gone backwards) and … Continue reading
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