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Bargain Stocks and Cheap Mortgages...... Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

 Danny Masri - Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The Dow Jones fell over 600 points, the worst single day fall since December 2008. At the close the index had lost just over 5.5%. The collapse came on the back of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. debt and government backed mortgage debt.  Read more

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Is Now The Best Time to Fix Your Home Loan?

 Danny Masri - Thursday, July 28, 2011

Picking the right time to fix is always hard, especially when Westpac's Chief Economist, Bill Evans, has predicted a 1.00% rate cut by December 2012. As the looming RBA rate hikes seemed to subside, fixed interest rates on home loans have begun to fall. The gap between Standard Variable Home Loan Rates and Fixed Home Loan Rate has substantially narrowed over the past 6 months.  Read more

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Mortgage Exit Fees Officially Banned

 Danny Masri - Friday, July 01, 2011

Mortgage exit fees are now banned as of July 1st under a Government regulation approved on 23 March 2011.  Read more

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