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Loan refunds lead to overdue loan

What happens if you cannot understand why you still owe money on a loan account when you believed the loan should have been repaid years earlier

Clawbacks and clarity

After refinancing his home loan, Youness received a $2,500 invoice from his old mortgage adviser, and he was told that he had incurred a clawback fee by repaying his original loan within 2 years. Was this fair?

Just give me one more month to pay?

Lincoln’s home loan was due to expire, and he needed to find a new lender/mortgagee to refinance the balance. For almost a year, Lincoln kept promising his lender the refinance was about to happen. Eventually, Lincoln’s lender commenced the mortgagee sale process because the balance remained unpaid.

Mortgagee Mistakes

Did the mistakes in a Property Law Act notice change the course of history? If the notice had been correct, could Lee and Brian have kept their house?

Farm debt burden

What happens when a farmer is unable to make the payment on a harvester due to events outside their control?

The rule of 78

Commercial lending allows a lender to calculate interest using the rule of 78. The Rule of 78 means the borrower must pay a greater portion of the interest rate in the earlier part of the loan cycle, which means the borrower will pay more than they would with a regular loan.

Lending outside the law?

Lending to a family trust is not covered by the responsible lending obligations of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act.

No draw down

Farid’s broker presented him with a loan offer, and Farid didn’t draw down the loan. Farid disputed paying the broker’s $3,000 fee.

Interested in interest?

What happens when the loan agreement does not reflect what you told your financial adviser you wanted?