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  1. Your Mortgage Was Priced in Basel

    Somewhere in America today a couple is signing a mortgage. Thirty years, a fixed rate, a kitchen table, a pen that suddenly weighs more than it should. They believe the number on the page came from their bank, or from the Federal Reserve, or from the mysterious weather system called the market. All three answers hold a piece of the truth, and all three leave out the room where a slice of that number was set: a round tower beside the railway tracks in Basel, Switzerland, owned by the central banks of the world, run by a staff most Americans will never hear named, and answerable to no voter on Earth. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/08/25/your

  2. 'Liar loans' leave property market open to criminal exploitation
    By Daniel Ziffer

    Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property, largely in Sydney, has been bought by people who have submitted fake incomes statements and other fraudulent documents to support their borrowing.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/coo

    #Mortgages #ScamsandFraud #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #Banking #DanielZiffer

  3. Half of homes in Great Britain taking longer to sell than last year amid mortgage volatility
    By Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent

    Many buyers wait in hope of better deal, although there are hotspots in Scotland and northern England

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Housingmarket #Business #Houseprices #Property #Mortgages #Money #Mortgagerates #UKnews #Scotland #Realestate #TheGuardian #RichardPartingtonSenioreconomicscorrespondent

  4. Eurozone member countries: Mortgage and Deposit Interest Rates, June 2026
    Mortgage interest rates on new lending and Interest rates on new household deposits with agreed maturity (ECB June 2026)

    Euro‑area averages:
    3.51% for new mortgages
    2.09% for new household deposits with agreed maturity (ECB)

    Greece:
    3.56% for new floating‑rate housing loans
    1.20% for new household deposits with agreed maturity (BoG)

    #Euroarea #Greece #RealEstate #property #housing #mortgages #InterestRates #Deposits

  5. Commonwealth Bank home loan applications fall 15pc since May
    By David Chau and Stephanie Chalmers

    Australia's largest home lender, the Commonwealth Bank, has seen home loan applications tumble 15 per cent since May, after three interest rate hikes and the federal budget's tax changes.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/com

    #Mortgages #Banking #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #PropertyPrices #DavidChau #StephanieChalmers

  6. Will the RBA blink on inflation as the property market slows?
    By Ian Verrender

    Deflating a property bubble takes some skill, something that has escaped almost every government or central bank that has ever attempted it.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/wil

    #InterestRates #ReserveBankOfAustralia #Mortgages #PropertyPrices #Inflation #CostofLiving #IanVerrender

  7. Housing market seeing 'rapid deterioration' as property downturn deepens
    By David Taylor

    Australia's housing downturn is spreading across the country, with the latest property price data showing previously resilient markets that had recently set record-high prices are now experiencing a decline in values.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/hou

    #PropertyPrices #Mortgages #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #RealEstateIndustry #DavidTaylor

  8. Have you been paying the right interest on your home loan?
    By Adelaide Miller and Lin Lin

    Many Australians have been missing out on the benefits of their mortgage offset account. Here's how to check whether yours is working for you, or whether you might want to get one.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-29/hav

    #Mortgages #HousingPolicy #InterestRates #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #ConsumerProtection #AdelaideMiller #LinLin

  9. Home loan borrowers missing out on millions in offset savings
    By Lin Lin

    The corporate regulator found Australian banks paid more than $55 million in compensation in just two years, for failures with mortgage offset accounts, warning customers could be paying more interest than they should.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-29/hom

    #Mortgages #PersonalFinance #Banking #InterestRates #LinLin

  10. 'Turning point' for housing market as property prices hit three-year low
    By Kate Ainsworth

    Australia's property market has entered a downturn after both house and unit prices fell for the first time in more than three years, bringing an end to the recent housing boom.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/aus

    #PropertyPrices #ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #HousingPolicy #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #Mortgages #KateAinsworth