flongle® – helping advisers source competitive mortgages for clients

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New addition to AdviceInnovation, flongle, is giving advisers the ability to source the best mortgage option for their clients without referring to a broker. flongle, a mortgage contest, consumer-facing website

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Homebuyer confidence dips under weight of natural disasters and rising costs of living

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Leading lenders mortgage insurer Genworth Financial (Genworth) has today released the March 2011 Genworth Homebuyer Confidence Index (HCI) – a biannual measure of borrower and would-be borrower sentiment. The index

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Look out for signal to become ‘wealth builder’ – says HLB Mann Judd

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People need help to recognise when they are able to become ‘wealth builders’ as it’s too easy for them to miss the signal that says they are in prime position

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The Principal Real Estate Investors 2011 Outlook

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“Fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” – Vincent Van Gogh Sailors and investors

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Till debt do us part

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Research reveals financial freedom not a reality for many Australians Almost half of Australians won’t pay off their mortgages before they retire, a nationwide debt and savings survey by RaboDirect,

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Reserve Bank more relaxed about the road ahead

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The Reserve Bank Board has left the cash rate at 4.75 per cent at its final meeting for 2010. The next meeting is on February 1

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Weekly market & economic update – 26 November 2010

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Headline developments of the past week While there was good news at the start of the week in terms of Ireland agreeing to accept a bailout from the European Union

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Australian housing – is it a bubble? What’s the risk?

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Key points Australian housing is not in a bubble but it is very overvalued, and combined with high debt levels leaves Australian households vulnerable should anything significantly threaten house prices.

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PIMCO forecasts positive outlook for Australia: quality RMBS stand out as key investment opportunity

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Australia has a positive investment outlook with flexible economic conditions and a clean banking sector Australian residential mortgage backed securities offer attractive relative value Claims that Australia is in a

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AMP Bank drops Basic Variable Rate

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AMP Bank has reduced its Basic Variable Home Loan interest rate for new customers by 13 basis points to 6.64 per cent per annum, making it one of the most

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