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Australians’ dreams of owning their own home is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve with housing becoming less affordable, a new report reveals....

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Financial planning

Non-major lenders dominated the home loan market in January and notched up the highest proportion of home loans since the GFC, mortgage broker AFG revealed....

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has hit out at the media for saying it bungled a loan fraud case worth $110 million, claiming the transgression it’s being blamed for is outside i...

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Funds management

First home buying has fallen to its lowest level ever, making up just 6.9 per cent of all home loans, down from a previous long-term national average of 15 per cent, acco...

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Financial planning

Authorised deposit-taking institutions’ mortgage lending practices will come under the microscope in 2015 as APRA seeks to clampdown on risky lending....

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Financial planning

Most Australians are in the dark about how much commission mortgage brokers are earning for their home loan advice, a survey has revealed. ...

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Financial planning

A South Australian finance broker has pleaded guilty to forging a memorandum of mortgage, to defraud $170,000 from an investor....

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Financial planning

Integration between advice and mortgage broking has reintroduced conflicted remuneration banned under FOFA with the move labelled a ‘deliberate’ exploitation of a legisla...

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Financial planning

Centrepoint looks to grow mortgage footprint across broader business with key appointment....

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice will push into financial planning aiming to double planners numbers by June 2015....

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Financial planning

Banks’ efforts to capture lending market share has led to a surge in demand for mortgage experts, according to a Hays survey....

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Funds management

Australia’s property market is being driven by a surge in first time investors, who view it as a way to future proof their wealth, a survey reveals....

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Financial planning

Yellow Brick Road moved to acquire non-bank mortgage manager Resi, partly thanks to a recent capital raising arrangement. ...

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Financial planning

Non-major lenders triple market share of new fixed-rate loans, with ME Bank leading the way peaking at 13.8 per cent in November....

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice spokesperson Belinda Williamson has suggested small pockets of declining interest in fixed rates may be a sign of increasing consumer confidence. ...

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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