Friday, April 13th, 2012
A home loan rate is a very complicated number that oftentimes borrowers will likely leave the calculation to their lender. It can be quite true, considering the various formulas that you should have used as well as the different interest rate tables. Nevertheless, it doesn't mean that you should be ...
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
Brian Richards wrote: Another issue is the percentage of households with two incomes for both periods (Housing's purchasing power surge, March 20). It would be enlightening to know if this is another significant issue that needs to be considered. John Hutchinson wrote: On the first graph the slope is ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Now that BHP Billiton's production problems at its Queensland coal mines have been put down to an act of God, the miner will be praying for an impasse in a costly union spat that has dragged on for 10 long months. This morning, the commentariat leaps on the miner's ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
There's been a change in the commentariat's reason for predicting the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates: the forecast European collapse and trashing of the banking system failed to materialise, so now it's a combination of Wayne Swan delivering a budget surplus in 2012-13 and Solly Lew not making as ...
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Mumbai, March 16 : Predicting an escalation in property prices, top players in Maharashtra's crucial realty sector Friday said they had been ignored by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the union budget. Lalit Kumar Jain, chief of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (CREDAI), said ...
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan believes the decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to leave the cash rate onhold reflects the economy's underlying strength and resilience at a time of continued global uncertainty.But the housing industry has questioned the wisdom of the decision given the ''considerable pain'' some businesses are ...
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Bank of Queensland has defended its decision to increased its standard variable home loan rate by 10 basis points, blaming fierce competition in deposit markets as driving the move.The BoQ decision came just hours after the Reserve Bank said it would keep official cash rates on hold and has also ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
BENDIGO and Adelaide Bank has lifted its interest rates by 15 basis points. The move is because it says higher funding costs have made its margins unsustainable.The lender will increase its standard variable home loan rate from 7.30 per cent to 7.45 per cent, effective from February 21.Customers with ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
COMMONWEALTHBank celebrating its home-loan selling success with a "pirate party", days after raising rates. COMMONWEALTHBank celebrating its home-loan selling success with a "pirate party", days after raising rates. COMMONWEALTHBank celebrating its home-loan selling success with a "pirate party", days after raising rates.
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
COMMONWEALTHBank celebrating its home-loan selling success with a "pirate party", days after raising rates. COMMONWEALTHBank celebrating its home-loan selling success with a "pirate party", days after raising rates. COMMONWEALTHBank celebrating its home-loan selling success with a "pirate party", days after raising rates.
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