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Some mortgage brokers say potential buyers are pulling out of deals.

‘They tend to move with the cycles’: The times property investors fled the market

Property investors are motivated by capital gains rather than rental yield, data shows. Budget policies are forcing them to rethink this strategy.

  • Alice Uribe

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The banks face weaker growth in their biggest market: mortgages.

The banks’ rivers of gold are facing another blow

On top of a weakening economy and an energy crisis, banking giants now face a softer market in their most important type of lending: mortgages.

  • Clancy Yeates
Customers are getting savvier when it comes to their home loans.

WA borrowers have the bleakest outlook in the nation. Here’s why

Housing supply and limited availability of suitable properties have been cited as the key drivers of low sentiment in a new survey.

  • Michael Philipps
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CBA shares rocket as profit beats expectations

Investors in Australia’s biggest bank are cheering after the release of its half-year results.

  • Clancy Yeates
Mortgage broker Patrick Moore doesn’t think the rate rise will have a big impact in south-east Queensland.

Why the ‘super hot’ Brisbane market won’t be stifled by a rate hike

In regions where property markets have experienced exponential growth, like Brisbane, experts say the RBA’s rate hike may not do much to dampen house prices.

  • Dominique Tassell and Courtney Kruk
The big four have all announced plans to have their own bankers, as opposed to mortgage brokers, write more home loans.

Why the big banks have copycat plans to sell you a mortgage

Despite the recent job-shedding in the sector, one area appears to be avoiding the axe: bankers who can help their employers write more home loans.

  • Clancy Yeates
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We want to help our two children own property. Who can help us?

I can’t find any financial adviser who wants to help find a property for my children.

  • Noel Whittaker
Higher income buyers are more active in the market.

How much you need to earn to buy a house

The household income of home loan applicants has jumped over the past five years, while borrowing capacity has plunged.

  • Alice Uribe
Crawford said she’s heading into the busiest time of the year, however, business is always seasonal.

The Sydney suburb where nobody is behind on their mortgage

As some Sydneysiders fall behind on their repayments in the cost-of-living crisis, other neighbourhoods are better placed to keep up.

  • Kristy Johnson
CBA and NAB have this year increased caps on bonuses for home lenders.

Rise of the mortgage broker: Battle brews over home loan spoils

Major banks are engaged in a rearguard action to retain relationships with home loan customers, after the transformative rise of mortgage brokers.

  • Clancy Yeates