Mortgage lending a boost for BankWest - 2004-02-25
HBOS' $1 billion acquisition of 108-year-old BankWest has proved a well timed deal, with the bank that used to live here reporting a sharp 20 per cent jump in annual profit.
The result was helped along by continued strength in the mortgage market, which saw BankWest's mortgage business grow 21 per cent to $12.5 billion, and a 9 per cent surge in business lending to $9.8 billion.
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