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September 2021

News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson has declared the 2021 financial year the best for the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company since it formed in 2013.

News Corp still open to M&A activity as it sets new buyback

CEO Robert Thomson has not ruled out further merger and acquisition activity for the media company as it announces a $US1 billion share buyback program.

  • Miranda Ward

June 2021

Going deeper into housing transactions: REA Group has taken a stake in mortgage services company Simpology.

REA to offer exclusive home loan rates, quick applications

The largest home listings company has bought into the Simpology mortgage applications and lodging business.

  • Michael Bleby

March 2021

When it comes to property prices, most of the advisers are sanguine about the long term outlook, even in the major centres on the eastern seaboard. (Photo by Josh Robenstone/Fairfax Media)

REA Group eyes 10pc market share after buying Mortgage Choice

Listings companies need to offer home-buying customers a seamless experience; traditional mortgage brokers need to modernise, so this takeover is a natural fit.

  • Michael Bleby
REA Group has made a bid for Mortgage Choice.

REA Group makes $244 million bid for Mortgage Choice

Online real estate advertising outfit REA Group has come for CBA-backed mortgage broker Mortgage Choice Limited.

  • Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd

January 2021

Tyro chairman David Thodey and/or CEO Robbie Cooke ringing the bell as the fintech company debuts on the exchange for the first time. Photo by Peter Braig. 6 December 2019

Buy, hold, sell: Fund managers' No.1 stock picks for 2021

Small caps have been the right place to be for the past few years. Livewire Markets asks fund manager for their top picks for the year ahead.

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November 2020

Domain Saturday Auction, Sydney. Story by Elizabeth Redman-Auction by Ray White  Baulkham Hills of a 3 bedroom  family home at 142 Baulkham Hills Road, Baulkham Hills.
Photo shows, Ray White Auctioneer Paul Wright  during the successful auction. Photo by Peter Rae. Saturday 7 November, 2020. Auction of 142 Baulkham Hills Road, Baulkham Hills, Saturday November 7, 2020. Domain.

'There is a lot of demand': Bank bosses back housing market

Australia's top bankers have declared record low interest rates will save the housing market from a population-driven slump but say a bubble is not forming.

  • Matthew Cranston and Jessica Gardner

August 2020

ASX up 0.2pc; NEXTDC meets guidance; Fortescue hits record

The S&P/ASX200 Index gained 9.8 points, or 0.2 per cent, t o 6126 points as iron ore miners offset weaker banks. Appen slumped as earnings, sales fall short. Woolworths gained 2.8 per cent on strong sales in July and August.

  • Robert Guy, Vesna Poljak, Sarah Turner, William McInnes and Tom Richardson

January 2020

Bernard Desmond says the past one year has been a wild ride for the mortgage broking industry.

How mortgage broking was saved from near death

The Hayne recommendations nearly finished off mortgage brokers a year ago. Today, their services are more in demand than ever.

  • James Frost

November 2019

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Investors are loving property again

Property market sentiment has rebounded sharply among investors but first home buyers are starting to feel the pinch of affordability pressures.

  • Nila Sweeney

September 2019

More than three-quarters of all homes auctioned in Sydney last week sold.

July's strong housing loan growth continues

Mortgage brokers and banks say home loan growth has kept growing into September.

  • Duncan Hughes and Michael Bleby

June 2019

The ongoing slump in the housing market is making life tough for consumers and retailers alike.

Rate cut the third boost for property market

Tuesday's rate cut continued the recent run of good news for a property industry already boosted by the Coalition's return to power and a loosening by the banking regulator of mortgage serviceability requirements.

  • Michael Bleby and Nick Lenaghan

May 2019

Mark Bouris

Hallelujah: Brokers rejoice over Coalition win

Mortgage brokers win a reprieve after controversial policy to scuttle upfront and trailing commission is defeated.

  • James Frost and John Kehoe

March 2019

Mortgage brokers have been on the front foot.

Mortgage brokers push for more concessions

Having extracted promises from both parties not to shift to a consumer-pays system, the mortgage broking industry is pushing for more.

  • James Frost

Mortgage brokers dragging their heels on pay reform

Banks are making good progress implementing recommendations from a 2017 review, but the pace of change from mortgage brokers has been modest.

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  • James Frost

February 2019

Mortgage Choice warns more tough times ahead as property tanks

Growth prospects for Mortgage Choice, the listed broker network, remain challenging as debate rages about broker commissions and retail property market downturn adds to the difficulty of attracting more brokers to its franchise.

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  • Duncan Hughes
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The Hayne recommendations "will result in poor consumer outcomes, which is not in line with the original intentions of the banking royal commission", she said on Friday.

Aussie's James Symond says Hayne change will destroy mortgage competition

Eliminating mortgage broker trail commissions will halve the average annual income of a broker to $40,000 and trigger an exodus from the industry, says Aussie Home Loans boss James Symond.

  • James Eyers

Banking royal commission: Hayne prompts $19b rally for the banks

Shareholders in the big four banks celebrated a record day of gains as the Hayne royal commission recommendations left the structure of the banking sector intact.

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  • Sarah Turner, Jonathan Shapiro and Vesna Poljak

Banking royal commission: Mortgage brokers fuming at loss of trailing commissions

Mortgage brokers are fuming about the government's move to kill trailing commissions, warning this could cause upfront commissions to rise.

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  • James Eyers

January 2019

Borrowers won't pay $2000 mortgage broker fee: Momentum Intelligence survey

A report by Momentum Intelligence found 96.5 per cent of mortgage broking consumers wouldn't be willing to pay $2000 for the service – the fee equivalent to the average upfront commission currently paid by banks.

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  • James Eyers

September 2018

Banking royal commission interim report: Mortgage brokers in damage control

The MFAA says any call by the Hayne inquiry to eliminate broker commissions will have "unintended consequences" by reducing competition for home loans.

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  • James Eyers and Joyce Moullakis

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