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The Finance Approval Minefield
02 October 08 11:33 AM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments   

by Shannyn Hunter Conveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing Anyone who has dealt with the banks for a home loan will tell you about their battle scars with pride. Simply securing finance approval can be a frustrating and baffling Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Purchase, Finance, mortgage, contract note, approval, loan, home loan, pre-approval, property

Latest "Clayton's" Finanace Approval Letter
16 June 08 06:13 AM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au This latest "Clayton's" finance approval letter is hot off my fax machine. Last year I reported on an upbeat broker’s keenness to show me that my clients’ finance had Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Finance, mortgage, conditional approval, approved, mortgagee, approval, bank, broker, loan, home loan

How To Save Your Home
26 March 08 10:28 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Neil Jenman The word 'mortgage' is French in origin. It means to make a pledge upon which your life depends - or, literally, an agreement until death. In today's debt heavy world a mortgage really has one of two meanings. Either you destroy (kill) Read More...

Filed under: mortgage, mortgage stress

Don't Be A Party To Mortgage Fraud!
27 February 08 06:49 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Last week I received this email: "Tim, I was wondering if you could help me with a strange clause. A woman wants to purchase a property for $500,000. She wants to get Read More...

Filed under: Estate agent, Conveyancer, Lawyer, mortgage, mortgage fraud, fraud, mortgage broker

Clayton's Finance Approval (The Approval You Have When You Don't Have Approval)
03 May 07 12:25 PM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O’Dwyer M.A., LL.B Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au The fax came through late one afternoon from the mortgage broker for a residential property buyer on whose behalf I was acting. “Dear Tim,” it familiarly Read More...

Filed under: mortgage, mortgage broker, approved, mortgagee, approval, bank, loan, pre-approved, pre-approval