August 1, 2010

Fixed rate home loans reclaim marginal market share

Demand doubles, but from a low base

Fixed rates have started to re-emerge from the bottom of the loan barrel for new Australian home loan borrowers, according to data from Mortgage Choice, Australia’s largest independently-owned mortgage broker. However, the comeback is very slight.

According to Mortgage Choice loan approval data for February 2010, fixed rate home loans have increased in popularity to just over 2% of new approvals from less than 1% the month previous.

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