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Commercial Property:
Pricing Your Finance - Part 2

Posted on 26. Jul, 2011 by .

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Last week, you looked at the reasons why lenders view Commercial property in a different league to Residential property, when it comes to finance. And then, we moved to the various aspects Commercial lenders look at as far as Risk is concerned. More importantly, just how these aspects will determine whether or not they will [...]

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Distortion Guaranteed?

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by .

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While the Rudd government may have moved quickly to provide guarantees for the major Banks during a financial turmoil ... the impact of doing so has been disastrous for borrowers. Right now, these major Banks seem to account for virtually 80% of all owner-occupier loans for property. As such, the margins they are charging have [...]

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Sentiment is Strong ... Despite the Economy

Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by .

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These graphs are painting a very encouraging picture. As you can see, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index increased strongly by 9.5% for June. And that means it has now leapt by some 23% since May — the largest 2-month increase for over 30 years. First-home buyers have also been active, accounting for nearly 30% [...]

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