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3000 first home buyers take up Welcome Home Loans
The government's major initiative to help first-time buyers, Welcome Home Loans, into their own home has reached 3000 loans.
Home Loan Report: Further cuts to fixed rates
There have been further cuts to fixed rates over terms of two to five years from some finance companies and non bank lenders over the past week but some one-year rates have increased. The major banks, however, are maintaining identical rates over all ...
TSB, HSBC profits jump but HSBC mortgage book shrinks
The two smallest home-lending banks both increased net profit strongly during the June quarter, but while TSB Bank maintained its mortgage market share, HSBC's fell yet again as its mortgage book shrank.
Second round of cuts for mortgage brokers
The reductions to be implemented by major banks in upfront commissions vary but were expected to represent a reduction of around 25 to 30 basis points in some cases.
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