Banks tighten lending criteria

Story date: 2008-03-16 04:32:00
Added on: 2008-03-16 20:00:59

News.com.au - ... margins because of the higher cost of funding loans, would result in some borrowers being locked out of the mortgage ... Borrowers have suffered a "double-whammy", with banks rebuilding their profit margins by hiking variable home loan rates in ...


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