- Mortgage wars: ANZ matches record-low Westpac interest rate
Competition in the home loan market has stepped up a notch again with ANZ moving to match rival Westpac. The country's largest bank has dropped its one-year fixed term mortgage rate to 2.29 per cent - ...
- RBA says low rates will push up house prices
Banking regulators are prepared to tighten lending standards if record low interest rates deliver the nation a new housing boom.
- Could rising UK house price lead to rising equity release? How the retirement loans work
Equity release allows borrowers to stay in their home for the rest of their lives, but can come at a heavy price ...
- Bills limiting payday loan rates, expanding voting by mail advance in Illinois House
Illinois legislators advanced pieces of the Black Caucus’ agenda — including a cap on payday loan rates and a permanent extension of vote-by-mail introduced last spring — during a busy series of ...
- Education reform bill will head to Illinois governor; economic equity bills pass House
A bill aimed at improving racial equity throughout the state’s K-12 and higher-education system passed both houses of the General Assembly on Monday, while another bill addressing economic ...
- Why Are Mortgage Refinance Rates Higher Than Home Purchase Rates?
When it comes time to refinance your mortgage, you may be surprised that the interest rate is higher than on a new mortgage. Read more to learn why.
- Economic equity bill ranges from payday loans to lead water pipes
The 334-page bill contains sections dealing with predatory lending, the use of criminal background checks in employment decisions and housing, diversity requirements in state contracting and ...
- Is a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Right for You?
So, if you can’t draw on the equity and you don’t sell, the full value of a house sits on your balance ... the details of a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and then determine if and ...
- Eoin Ó Broin: Shared equity loan scheme was just an early Christmas present to big property...
Borrowers will start paying the secondary loan after five years at an interest rate of 1.5 per cent ... Minister O’Brien has rejected claims that shared equity loans lead to house price inflation.
- Martin Lewis reveals trick to get most out of new Help to Buy Equity loans
Martin Lewis has offered his tricks to get the most out of the new Help to Buy Equity loans. Potential homeowners ... it's 15 months time before the interest rate starts to rise.
