Not alone if seeking a home loan

BORROWING money is difficult enough. Repaying the loan is another story entirely.

Lifetime of commission for one bit of advice

Like the plumber with the dripping tap, finance journalists are often guilty of letting their own finances slide. Somewhere out there a life insurance salesman is still collecting a tidy annual commission on a policy I bought more than 10 years ago.

the loan

THOUGH Australia's mortgage-broker industry is still relatively green (IBISWorld's 2011 Mortgage Brokers in Australia ��� Australian Industry Report puts it at 17 years old), the Mortgage Choice 2011 Recent First Home Owner Survey shows 40 per cent of respondents consulted with a mortgage broker for assistance with acquiring their mortgage.

ANZ 'wanted broker gone'

ANZ planned to sell its custodian services division at least two weeks before it pulled the pin on a refinancing deal with margin lender Primebroker, and needed the company's fate resolved for that sale to go ahead, a court has heard.