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Is it possible to get an online home loan in Australia?

Posted By LendingHub on November 27, 2007 7 Comments » Filed under: Banks and Financial Institutions, Home Loans, Online Loans, Social Lending

We are working on creating true online personal loans that feature a simple amortizing profile (of fixed monthly repayments) that don’t require the borrower to provide collateral (security against the loan).
Home loans are more complex products that require the asset to be mortgaged where the lender or bank will have a covenant over the asset […]

7 Ways to Manage Your Personal Finances

Upon receiving your paycheck, what is the first thing that you do with your hard-earned dollars? Do you first put aside the funds needed to pay your bills, or do you immediately think of purchasing ‘the’ item that you are itching to buy? What does your monthly budget look like? Are credit card bills a […]

The role of P2P Loans in Managing your Personal Finances

Financial management may come easy for some people while proving to be a ‘burden’ for some. Sometimes, financial emergencies crop up which requires you to come up with a particular amount of money soon, but what will you do if you do not want to fall victim to loan sharks or the high interests charged […]

Australians and Social P2P Lending and Borrowing

Posted By LendingHub on November 15, 2007 2 Comments » Filed under: Community Loans, Interest Rates, Loans and Borrowing, Social Lending

Traditionally Australians have relied on their bank or credit union to obtain a personal loan, however now credit card financing is becoming very common (particularly at Christmas time consumer are now financing their spending habits through the use of plastic). As Australians have embraced debt now to finance their way of life (we generated $80 […]

What is Social Lending: How to Borrow Online

Whether you are a small-scale business entrepreneur or if a housewife who needs funds for a home improvement project, you can start to take advantage from something that is getting all the hype in the Internet today. It is called social lending, where the concept is similar to borrowing money from friends or family. If […]

Social lending in Australia - Will it become an alternative to a bank?

As Lending Hub is preparing to launch soon (you can take a peek at lendinghub.com.au) , my first postwill be about the social lending phenomenon and whether it is likely to take off in Australia. The big four banks (CBA, NAB, Westpac and ANZ) hold large market shares in the prime borrower market and are […]

New Lending Hub Blog Ready!

Posted By LendingHub on September 25, 2007 2 Comments » Filed under: Investments, Lending Hub, Social Lending

Dear Lender and Borrowers…you would have noticed that Lending Hub now has a new blog design and we will start to post our weekly blogs very soon.
The Lending Hub team is working away doing all the background stuff to prepare Lending Hub for launch and we’ll keep you informed of our progress and write some […]