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Tim McIntyreReal estate editor

Tim McIntyre is a premium content real estate editor with more than a decade’s experience covering property, personal finance and general news. He specialises in data, analysis, investment trends and Australian capital city and regional markets.

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02/04/2012 BUSINESS: Old padlock on a wooden door, house, fixed interest rates, mortgage. Pic. Thinkstock Supplied

Borrowers rush to lock in rates

INTEREST rates are still on hold but not for long, according to nervous borrowers who have pushed fixed rate demand to a three-year high.

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Paramedics work on a patient in the back of the ambulance. Not a good start to the Long Weekend in Newcastle as a three car crash on the busy Glebe Road has left a man in a serious condition. Picture by Peter Lorimer.

Aussies hit with ambulance bill shock

AUSSIES who call ambulances looking for a free ride or to skip emergency waiting queues may be paying money for nothing, new research shows.

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SATURDAY TELEGRAPH - MUST CHECK WITH SATURDAY PIC ED BEFORE USING - Caitlin Gilbert and her dog Wolf. Wolf the French Bulldog cost $4500 to buy, sees a psychiatrist at $190 an hour and already needs $5k worth of knee surgery.

Aussie pets doggone expensive

MEET Wolf the French Bulldog. He has already cost his owners more than $10,000 in just over a year and he’s not alone.

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Mortgage calculator. House on buttons. Real estate concept. 3d

Save $60k on your home loan

IMAGINE if a few minor tweaks could save you $60,000 on a mortgage and help you pay it off six years earlier. Well, you don’t have to imagine.

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Philip Lowe, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia during his address to The Economic Society of Australia lunch Brisbane, Australia, on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Lowe said he expects Òa period of stabilityÓ in interest rates and suggested further cuts could push already high household debt to ÒdangerousÓ levels. Photographer:Patrick Hamilton/Economic Society of Australia

How to prepare for eight rate hikes

IT’S been a great ride with record low interest rates, but the party is almost over. Here are five tips to prepare for the rate pain ahead.

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Commercial property Pine Rivers Press 12 North Lakes Drive, North Lakes. July 25

Loophole lets you be your own landlord

SICK of your business paying a lease to a landlord with no benefits for you? Here’s a way to become your own landlord.

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Rude shock coming to pool owners

SWIMMING pools have always been expensive to maintain, but recent energy price hikes are set to have a massive impact on their running costs.

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Castillo Caribe is a trophy property in the Cayman Islands. Listed with Sotheby's International Realty for $35mAUD

‘Keep our finance details in Australia’

ACCOUNTANTS and financial planners are under the microscope for sharing client details with offshore service providers.

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excited desperate businessman in stress at computer laptop holding monitor watching online finances drop down or loosing money online gambling isolated on white background

Beginner’s guide to investing in shares

INVESTING in shares can be daunting if you’ve never done it before, so here are three low-risk ways to get started.

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Story on changes to credit rating system. Generic pic of first time home buyers talking about their finances with a lender

First home buyers, here’s help

A SIGNIFICANT number of first home buyers don’t know what federal and state government help is available. Here’s what you need to know.

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