New research shows that more Australian investors are choosing to sacrifice their lifestyle in order to buy properties. According to Mortgage Choice’s Investor Survey, 71 per cent of property investors had to make lifestyle sacrifices so they could buy residential properties, up from 69.4 per cent last year and 68.1 per cent in 2015. “Our research […]
The managing director of a national brokerage has reassured brokers that the industry is “many years away” from robo-advice mortgages, adding that anyone who thinks otherwise “doesn’t have the full facts”. Following on from widely lambasted claims by UBS analysts that a mortgage is a “simple, commoditised product” and could therefore “be easily provided by robo-advice”, MoneyQuest […]
A new study shows where Australians under 30 want to live, as well as the country’s most popular state or territory, by analyzing mortgage applications. According to research by credit scoring and information service Credit Simple, Queensland is the most popular state for mortgage applications by people under 30. Breaking down each state and territory […]
Australian mortgage brokers have broken new records, bringing in $49.46bn worth of residential home loans through the June 2017 quarter. This figure, which comes from the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia’s (MFAA’s) latest quarterly industry survey, shows a growth in loan settlements of $3.4bn between the March and June quarters this year. The research […]
A recent article by LMW Advisory WA, ‘West VS East’, explains that there are many opportunities presenting to buyers in the Perth property market. We believe that in support of this claim it is worth further discussion to highlight potential areas of future growth and elaborate on why we see now as the ideal time to […]