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Heritage Building Society has experienced growth over the last two quarters that  bucks the trend in a market that now favours banks over non-banks. read more

Newcastle Permanent Building Society, the second largest in the sector, says its lending levels are down on 2006 but not by much. read more

ASX-listed mortgage aggregator Firstfolio is not letting the slowdown in the mortgage market deter it from its expansion strategy. read more

BlueChoice, a non-conforming loan aggregator, will be launched in February 2008. read more

ING Direct is the recent star of the deposit market in Australia, with the Dutch-owned bank staging a notable recovery in volumes in recent months after a mild, but apparently expected, slump in the m.. read more

Non-bank lenders are having a poor time in the mortgage market, with October Australian Bureau of Statistics data showing bank loans accounted for 75.1 per cent of owner occupied lending, the banks' l.. read more

The Australian Finance Group's November index of monthly new sales shows flat growth year on year, with 8221 new mortgages originated in the month and only twenty more than the same month last year. read more

The human gestation period is nine months, that of the blue whale 12 months and that of elephants 22 months. In the case of the Finance Brokers Draft Bill, it's 36 months. Whether the proposed law is.. read more

The extent of any shift in borrower demand toward loans from big banks rather than from niche funders "is not a big wave at the moment, it has been somewhat gradual", Paul Lahiff, managing director of.. read more

Few borrowers with reverse mortgages are aware of all the conditions of their loan, and the consequences of not meeting those obligations, a report prepared for the Australian Securities and Investmen.. read more