July 20, 2017

St George has announced it is dropping mortgage and equity-release products after Westpac made a high-level review of their product range and underwriting standards. The review is set to reexamine loans and lending packages under current market conditions. Consequently the St George Reverse Mortgage product has been removed from sale. The review came at a

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June 20, 2017

When the Commonwealth government introduced the age pension in 1909, the average male life expectancy was 55. Not many Australians reached the age eligibility of 65 for the entitlement. With significant strides in healthcare, men and women today are expected to live well into their 80s, which has cost the government around $ 41 billion

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May 30, 2017

Reverse Mortgages have been available in Australia since the 1990s, but it is only in the recent years that these are becoming popular as a viable financial product for homeowners. Even though reverse mortgages, also known as home equity loan, has drew some flak from the media because of inherent drawbacks, public demand has been

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April 30, 2017

How Reverse Mortgages Help the Australian Economy The Australian government is now implementing long-term precautionary measures to respond to the rising cost of aged care. Based on the Intergenerational Report released by the Commonwealth of Australia in 2015, the $42 billion that the government pays for pensions is projected to grow to $160 billion by

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February 23, 2017

Changes to the age pension starting this year affected hundreds of thousands of senior Australians. Because of the changes, you should be 65 years or older to be qualified to receive pension. Starting July 1, 2017, the required aged for retirees who can receive pension will be 65 years and 6 months. On top of

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December 19, 2016

The retirement plans of people born on or after 1 July 1952 will change beginning next year. From next year, the qualifying age for age pension entitlements will start to increase progressively by six months every two years. This change has been enacted to deal with the challenges of Australia’s ageing population. As people live

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