Article: BRIEFING - ASIA REAL ESTATE - OCT 5, 2007.

An executive briefing on real estate for Oct 5, 2007, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.

CALLS FOR GREATER REGULATION OF AUSTRALIA'S NON-BANK LENDERS

SYDNEY - Calls for greater regulation of Australia's non-bank lending have increased after 50,000 Rams home loan customers were slugged with a second interest rate rise in six weeks.

The struggling Rams (ASX:RHG) was thrown a lifeline when Australia's fourth largest bank Westpac (ASX:WBC) agreed to buy the troubled non-bank lender's branches, brand name and any business that might ...

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