‘Mad stuff’: Finance guru slams Labor move
Australian businessman Mark Bouris has said he’s “never seen anything like this” as people try to get home loans amid a crisis he believes Labor is stoking.
Interest Rates
Why petrol prices affect your mortgage
The Reserve Bank has slugged homeowners with another rate rise and a recent surge in petrol prices is partly to blame.
$182k salary proves Aussie dream is dead
Aussie home buyers are needing nearly double the average full time salary to be able to afford a home, devastating new research reveals.
ASX sinks following RBA rate hike
Despite the RBA hiking interest rates for the first time in five months, the ASX clawed back some of its earlier losses to finish slightly lower on Tuesday.
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Cash rate won’t budge in 2016
A RECORD-low cash rate is here to stay in 2016, good news for households who will be able to pay debt off quicker.
Why borrowers are fixing interest rates
MORTGAGE customers are turning to fixed rate loans for the first time in years, but experts warn there are factors to consider before locking rates in.
RBA leaves rates to ‘chill out’
WHEN Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens invites you over for board meeting and chill, and he actually means chill.
‘365 days of Christmas’ for borrowers
AUSSIES can expect to see no RBA cash rate moves until 2017, helping borrowers cull debt while doing little for savers. But hot deals are still up for grabs.
Low interest rates the ‘new normal’
AUSTRALIANS should expect lower home loan rates to be “the new normal” and stay well below the 50-year average of about seven per cent.
‘We should just chill out’
AUSTRALIA is headed for a scorching Christmas, but man who controls your mortgage repayments is keeping it cool as ice.
Mortgage rate hikes continue
OWNER occupiers are continuing to be hit by rising interest rates, as more banks follow the big four and increase their costs to borrow.
Confusion on what is a good rate
HOME loan deals are a dog’s breakfast as the gap widens on the different interest rates each borrower is paying. Here’s how you can tell if it’s a good deal.
Time running out to cut credit debt
CONSUMERS fed up with being by gouged by exorbitant credit card interest rates have only a short time left to take action.
Banks’ balancing act fails
BIG banks are lifting their shareholders’ dividend payments while slugging borrowers with interest rate rises. But claim they’re balancing the needs of both.
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