MORTGAGE CHOICE
Financial planning
A new survey has revealed that mortgage consumers aren’t prepared to embrace fee for service....
Financial planning
Ongoing rate rise speculation has prompted more people to lock-in their home loan rates....
Financial planning
A Senate committee on competition in Australia's banking sector has recommended the Government reconsider its proposed ban on exit fees, with much industry support....
Financial planning
With funding drying up and compliance requirements increasing, the mortgage origination market faces an uncertain future. Janine Mace reports....
Financial planning
Count Financial has emerged flush from the public listing of Countplus, and now holds key stakes affecting DKN, PIS and Mortgage Choice....
Financial planning
New research reveals men are more likely to review their finances and make adjustments than women....
Financial planning
A surge in fixed rate loans confirms consumer caution....
Financial planning
A new survey has revealed the degree to which rate rises have pushed some mortgage holders to the edge....
Financial planning
In the face of last month’s predictions about interest rate rises, the take up of fixed rate home loans has reached a two-year high in October, according to the mor...
Financial planning
The reverse mortgage market has faced a great deal of criticism over the years. Angela Faherty looks at the issues facing the sector and asks whether it can ever shake of...
Editorial
Count confirms profit guidance but stakes in DKN and Mortgage Choice lift earnings per share....
Financial planning
Firstfolio has acquired key assets of business equipment financing specialist LeaseChoice....
Financial planning
Only 32 per cent of new Mortgage Choice franchisees in 2009 had a lending background....
Financial planning
Secret talks between Count Financial and Mortgage Choice about combining their respective mortgage businesses have been called off....
Financial planning
With the global financial crisis driving smaller lenders and mortgage brokers out of the market, Chris Kennedy finds the mortgage market is headed for a transitional year...
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