Westpac cans RAMS Homes Loans sale after lack of bidder interest

The Australian Financial Review04-23

With neither potential buyers nor lenders showing interest in the business, RAMS’s fate looks tied to its current owner, which bought it during the GFC for $140 million or a quarter of what it was ...

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