Home loan affordability improves as median house price slips
Home loan affordability improved in December after median house prices dipped nationwide, helping to lift demand from first home buyers who see record low interest rates staying lower for longer and who can now use their KiwiSaver money as a deposit.
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Banks' home loan fears
Banks could pull back from lending to new home owners after making losses on mortgages.
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Pakatan tells Raja Nong Chik to ‘polish up’ subprime knowledge
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Three Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders accepted today Raja Datuk Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin’s debate dare over the controversial RM1.5 billion home loan plan to be financed by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
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Bank vows rates war
NAB last night kicked off a home loan war by pledging its standard variable rate would be lower than any of its big four rivals.
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Home loan loses elbow room
"This overstates the realisable value of the property as stamp duty, registration and other documentation charges are not realisable and consequently the margin stipulated (up to which banks should finance a property) gets diluted. Accordingly, banks should not include these charges in the cost of the housing property they finance."
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TexasLending.com to Discuss Home Loan Options on Radio KLIF in Dallas, Texas
TexasLending.com to Discuss Home Loan Options on Radio KLIF in Dallas, Texas CEO and president of TexasLending.com, Kevin Miller, and his co-hosts will discuss the various home loan options available from TexasLending.com including refinance loans, home equity loans, home purchase loans, reverse mortgages and FHA loans on The TexasLending.com Mortgage Hour weekend radio show on KLIF AM radio in ...
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Carl Wick Elected Chairman of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks
CINCINNATI -- Carl Wick, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks. He succeeds Lee R. Gibson, chairman ...
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Names Jon Keagle Vice President, Manager of Mortgage Funding Strategies
ATLANTA -- Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today that Jon Keagle has joined the Bank as Vice President and Manager of Mortgage Funding Strategies for Member Sales, Trading, ...
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Releases December 2011 Cost of Funds Index
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco announced January 31, 2012, that the 11th District Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for December 2011 is 1.221%. Th
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Hockey, Swan shadow-boxing on home loan costs
FRESH row erupts over home loan rates as Labor and Coalition bicker before the RBA's predicted cut tomorrow.
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