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Refinance Loan News

Oz Sweats On Loan Response

Monday January 12, 2009
IN A demonstration of how little leverage the troubled miner OZ Minerals has with its syndicate of bankers, it did not receive a response to its request for a crucial bridging loan by its self-imposed deadline of Friday.

Oz Digs Deeper For Bridging Loan

Saturday January 10, 2009
OZ MINERALS has not yet secured a crucial bridging loan to give it enough money to continue operating its mines and complete construction of its Prominent Hill project before a February 27 deadline to refinance $1 billion of debt.

Oz Still Waiting For Word On Crucial Loan

Saturday January 10, 2009
OZ MINERALS last night had yet to secure a bridging loan to give it enough money to continue operating its mines and building its Prominent Hill project before February 27, its deadline for refinancing $1 billion debt.

Use A Refinance Loan To Change Your Term Length

Wednesday October 29, 2008
A refinance loan can be a useful way of extending the term length of home loans and mortgages.

Use a refinance loan to get back on track

Tuesday May 13, 2008
If you have found lenders offering deals that far outdo what you currently have, a refinance loan for your home may be the ticket to reducing debt repayments.

Personal Debt Bucks Loan Slump

Wednesday April 16, 2008
CONSUMERS took on more personal debt in February, bucking a slowing trend in commercial and housing loan approvals, figures published yesterday show.

Refinance loan deals to save on monthly bill

Tuesday April 1, 2008
Refinance loan benefits can range from a lower monthly repayment to a lower rate.

Hedley To Refinance Margin Loans

Tuesday March 11, 2008
HEDLEY Leisure and Gaming chief executive Tom Hedley is seeking to refinance margin loans on the more than 20 million units he holds in the pub group, or about one-sixth of the units on issue.

Get fewer bills by refinancing

Monday March 3, 2008
If you find yourself paying off a mortgage, a few cars and some credit card debt, it probably seems like a job just organising to pay off so many people. In a situation like yours, it can be a good decision to refinance your mortgage to cover your other debts.

Need to refinance your home loan?

Thursday February 28, 2008
If you're having trouble trying to figure out the best way to refinance your home loan, you aren't alone.

Nab In Talks With Allco On Execs' Loan

Tuesday February 19, 2008
A $110 million bank loan advanced to senior executives of Allco Finance Group has become embroiled in the negotiations to reach a cash-for-assets deal to save the stricken investment company.

Mfs On Slippery Slope Over Loan

Wednesday February 13, 2008
THE stricken Gold Coast property group MFS suffered another body blow when one of its listed funds confirmed it was struggling to refinance a $180 million loan due to expire in May. Three weeks after shares in MFS Living and Leisure were suspended from trading, the fund finally broke its silence late yesterday to confirm the market's fears. The fund, whose assets include the Falls Creek and Mount Hotham ski resorts and Melbourne Aquarium, announced the resignation of its chief executive, Marshall ...

When It Goes Wrong

Wednesday December 12, 2007
Investors who have taken out a loan secured by their home and applied it to a failed investment are likely to be disappointed if they try to seek relief from the lender for their loss.

RAMS Home Loans gets credit to refinance

Monday November 26, 2007
Chairman John Kinghorn told shareholders of RAMS Home Loans that the lender has secured credit approvals to refinance $4.25 billion of its US extendible commercial paper programs following the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis.

In The High Range

Saturday September 22, 2007
It must be nerve-racking totake out an extra big loan, but for one bloke who hasbeen there, it's all relative. Alex Tibbitts reports.

Investors Sweat On Cricketer's $18m Loan

Thursday July 12, 2007
CRAIG McDERMOTT was used to pressure on the cricket field, but nothing like this: he has been unmasked as the mystery millionaire developer who holds the key to easing the financial misery of more than a thousand investors in the failed property group Bridgecorp.

For The Term Of Your Natural Life

Wednesday August 16, 2006
Extending the length of your home loan could double your interest costs.

Turkey Talk In A Buyers' Market

Wednesday July 13, 2005
The strategy To negotiate a better rate on my home loan.

Lowy Raises $5bn War Chest

Thursday December 30, 2004
Frank Lowy's Westfield Group has set itself up for another large acquisition after arranging a $US4 billion ($5.1 billion) loan with a syndicate of 34 banks, the largest in Australian corporate history.

Church Buys Into Home Loans Fiasco

Friday January 2, 2004
The Uniting Church is mounting a public campaign against what it regards as Government inaction and obstruction over the state's long-running low-cost home loan fiasco.