Edited words from Mark Bouris. Last week I was involved in an event called National Finance Brokers Day, which made me stop and think. In the midst of historical low rates, more home loan products available than ever before and the real estate market a perpetual topic of conversation for all Australians, I thought we […]

Over the past years the banks, prompted by regulators and the Royal Commission, have made it more difficult to get an investment loan. So, you may want to seek a second opinion on whether your loan approval still stands. Here is what has happened. Prompted by historic pressure from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) […]

Many borrowers probably heaved a sigh of relief recently when the Reserve Bank announced its rate cut. With interest rates at record low levels, debt is probably more manageable now than it has been in decades. But not all borrowers felt the same amount of  “LOVE”; some banks have not passed on the rate cut […]