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Redefining the traditional business model: How leading the industry in change has lead this start-up to success

Mixing car finance & home loans isn’t something a traditional mortgage broker would consider. But I’m not your traditional mortgage broker. Off the back of a digital advertising & intelligent investment in technology, I’ve built a business that continues to grow exponentially. The Positive Group is now one of Australia’s fastest growing financial services companies. […]

Tom Caesar · 2 min
Digital

The need to be shrewd in the property boom: How one FinTech business ensures buyers secure the best mortgage deal

It’s said that buying a property is one of the most stressful life events. Further, mortgage lender incompetence, bank and finance problems are in the top 20 most stressful aspects of selling a property. For two people, those frustrations spawned the next big idea to hit the FinTech industry. Mandeep Sodhi, a loyal customer to […]

Daniel Jacobs · 2 min
Economy

Personal banking satisfaction level at 19-year high

Satisfaction levels increased by 0.3 per cent from December 2014 to January 2015, hitting a 19-year high of 82.9 per cent. This marks a 1.3 per cent increase over the last 12 months.

Guillermo Troncoso · 2 min
Cashflow

7 things you should know about low doc loans

Low doc home loans have taken the whole world by surprise lately for the ease with which they can be availed by anyone in need.

Andrew Cowan · 2 min
Banking

RBA announces interest rate cut

The RBA has announced an interest rate cut of 25 basis points, down to 3.0 percent, prior to Christmas.

Rhiannon Sawyer · 2 min
Entrepreneur

The start-up bringing home-buyers and bank managers together

A shared passion for property prompted Mitch Fraser and John Allen to create Tomorrow Finance – a website that offers prospective home-buyers and investors a new way of getting the ideal loan without paying brokerage fees or suffering through endless meetings with bank managers.

Mike Mrkic · 2 min
Cashflow

RBA holds interest rates at 4.75% due to Queensland floods

The Reserve Bank of Australia Board in its meeting today decided to hold official interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent due to the dampening effect on inflation and economic activity as a result of the floods in Queensland.

David Olsen · 2 min
Cashflow

Mark Bouris demands education to prevent Queensland floods insurance mistakes

Mark Bouris, the Dynamic Business cover star from August last year, believes the Queensland floods show that Australian business and home owners are not adequately protected with regards to insurance.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Cashflow

Have you got the business banking blues?

I get that “Mum and Dad homeowner” are an important segment and a huge proportion of society, but why don’t hear commentators discussing the impact on “Mum and Dad business owners”?

Julian Smith · 2 min
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Cashflow

Interest rates left unchanged by RBA at 4.5%

Interest rates in Australia remain unchanged by the Reserve Bank of Australia at 4.5 percent after earlier expectations that the RBA would increase official interest rates 25 basis points to 4.75 percent.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Cashflow

Interest rates set to increase today

Australian interest rates are set to increase again by 25 basis points when the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets today, taking official interest rates to 4.75 percent.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Locked

68% Australians save money by refinancing home loans

The majority of Australians refinancing their home loans will see their interest rates drop upon doing so, a recent Mortgage Choice survey has found

Julia Clarke · 2 min
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Cashflow

RBA interest rate decision ‘welcomed by home owners’

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to hold interest rates at 4.5 percent is welcomed by home owners still struggling after the sharp increases in interest rates earlier this year.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Cashflow

Aussie rejected by ANZ Bank for $2 billion in funding

Aussie Home Loans has been rejected by ANZ Bank in its quest for the $2 billion needed to revitalise Aussie’s home loans business BusinessDaily reports.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Home loans poorly chosen by majority of home owners

Most home owners are choosing their home loan for reasons other than price due to a lack of experience in the market and often stumble into expensive ill considered options.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Cashflow

NAB up home loan rates .25pc with RBA interest rate increase

Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Board Meeting today, with a 25 basis point rise in official interest rates, National Australia Bank has confirmed a matching increase in rates on its home loans.

David Olsen · 2 min
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Five Blacktown suburbs top Sydney housing affordability index

Blacktown’s suburbs have achieved a clean sweep of the top five most affordable suburbs to buy a house in Sydney, ‘only’ 40 kilometres from the Sydney CBD.

David Olsen · 2 min