Low deposit lending has hit a fresh record, with new owner-occupier loans written with a deposit of 5% or less accounting for 4.31% of all new lending in the June quarter, according to fresh APRA data ...

Australian Finance Group's funding arm, AFG Securities, has priced a $1.2 billion Prime Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) transaction, matching the company's previous record issuance from ...

Sydney-based principal mortgage broker and NSW Justice of the Peace Nicole Shuang Zhao says the industry's growing compliance burden shouldn't be met with more paperwork, but with smarter systems that ...

Australia's housing downturn extended into a fifth consecutive month in August, with national home prices falling 0.2% and now sitting 2.7% below their March peak, according to realestate.com.au's ...

Every scam ultimately depends on a single human decision: trusting a message, believing a story, and approving a payment. James Roberts (pictured), Commonwealth Bank's executive general manager, fraud ...

All four major banks now expect the RBA's next move to be a hike, though they disagree on when. CBA, Westpac, and ANZ are ...

Australia's rental market remains under significant strain even as house prices eased for the first time in years, according ...

Inflation may stay higher for longer than expected, Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock said on Friday, even as the nation's central bank faces competing pressures to bring ...

The world changes all the time and in ways we have no control over. What we do have some control over is the relationship we have with our customers,' says broker ...

Consumers see AI as a practical shortcut, not a novelty. Respondents pointed to concrete benefits rather than curiosity about ...

Non-bank lender First Federal has rolled out three changes at once for its broker network: a new Broker Portal offering ...

BS: For brokers, this makes lender selection increasingly important. The focus should not simply be on rate or leverage, but ...