ASB captures half mortgage lending increase (Stuff)
There was a big increase in mortgage lending by banks in 2004 with ASB Bank capturing around half the extra business, a 2005 KPMG survey of financial institutions out yesterday shows.
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Stocks Head for Higher Open "The big problem has been the financials, and this helps supply money directly to the banks and may take some of the need for aggressive rate cutting off the table"