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The bucket list for responsible adults: Mark Bouris
The Bucket List is a movie about a list of things that two men plan to achieve before they die. But there’s another kind of bucket list – the things ... Read More -
It’s looking like a very good time to buy property with a home loan: Mark Bouris
Large measurements such as inflation, employment and balance of trade are important indicators of economic wellbeing, but economies come down to house... Read More -
Consumers drive competition, but only if they act: Mark Bouris
Competition assumes you will spend where the lowest price and best product offering come together, but competition has taken a strange turn in bank mo... Read More -
Don't be afraid to ask the obvious super questions: Mark Bouris
After last week’s column where I asked for your thoughts on why there’s so little engagement with superannuation, I got a lot of responses, and the cl... Read More -
Australians are not saving enough for retirement
Australians are not saving enough for a self-funded retirement. Or should I say, they are not putting away enough now to live at the standard they wan... Read More -
Why you should have property, shares and cash in your investment portfolio: Mark Bouris
Since the GFC, money has been flowing to bank deposits. That is, low-risk, low return options where the saver has an element of "government guara... Read More -
Mortgage war looms as smaller banks show they are more than willing home loan providers: APRA figures
A mortgage war between the four major banks and the smaller banks is looming as APRA figures show regional banks Bendigo Adelaide Bank and Suncorp al... Read More -
Oligopoly of the big four banks a raw deal for taxpayers: Mark Bouris
This election year I would like to see banking competition finally addressed. Lending is too heavily concentrated in the hands of the four majors, whi... Read More -
Property as part of your investment portfolio: Three of the best of Mark Bouris
Now is a good time to become a landlord, but you must do it properly I suggest a serious look at investing in property and renting it out to tenants.... Read More -
Big mortgage + big deposit = big rate discount possibilities: mortgage brokers
Proactive borrowers with home loans in excess of $500,000 and a strong equity position are well placed to negotiate substantial discounts off their ... Read More -
Mortgage broking big brands position themselves for challenging 2013 with diverse strategies
The last few months of 2012 were noticeable for the manoeuvrings of arguable the three most recognisable mortgage broking brands: Aussie, Mortgage Cho... Read More -
Five tips to increasing your savings in a low-interest-rate environment
During the week I received scores of emails from cash investors who are either retired or are on the verge of it and are alarmed at the direction of o... Read More -
What savers can do in the face of falling interest rates
If the economists and analysts are correct, this week we’ll be looking at another interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank. Millions of Australian home... Read More -
Trouble in the economy spells another RBA rate cut
In little over a week the Reserve Bank will meet and decide on official interest rates. The decision will have symbolic meaning beyond the immediate ... Read More -
'Business premium' bank loan pricing unfair, epecially with residential property as security
Business owners have traditionally endured a premium pricing on their overdrafts even when the security they put up is the lowest risk short of govern... Read More -
John Symond’s Aussie mortgage brokers rise to the top as industry resurgence gathers pace among Top 100
The resurgence of mortgage brokers after the GFC has been confirmed in the latest Mortgage Professional Australia (MPA) Top 100, which ranks the broke... Read More -
YBR and Macquarie Bank democratising mortgages
In a week in which the ‘people’s choice’ was re-elected as the President of the United States, I was lucky to be associated with an Australian move to... Read More -
Macquarie Bank doubles loans to investors in first nine months of 2012: APRA figures
Macquarie Bank, the new mortgage funding partner of Mark Bouris’s Yellow Brick Road franchise business, has more than doubled its investor loan book o... Read More -
Yellow Brick Road confirms Macquarie Bank funding deal to challenge major bank mortgage dominance
Mark Bouris's Yellow Brick Road franchise has confirmed a mortgage funding tie-up with Macquarie Group, part of an ambitious and distinctly long-... Read More -
Low interest rates to put terrible pressure on retirees
When the RBA dropped the cash rate to 3.25% almost three weeks ago, mortgage holders were happy, but retirees and savers missed out. While mortgage h... Read More
