Bad sign for Aussie mortgage payers
It’s the last thing Aussie mortgage payers need as another interest rate rise looms amid a volatile global economy.
Interest Rates
Fresh fear of rate hikes as inflation jumps
Households could be served with another rate hike before the end of the year as surging petrol prices push inflation higher.
Bad news coming for interest rates
There’s bad news ahead for interest rates in the US but there’s a sign Australia may just escape the rates onslaught.
Aussie city’s rent crisis laid bare
Despite positive figures on paper, people in one Australian city are feeling the pinch from soaring rents and massive mortgages – and things are tipped to get worse.
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‘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.
Retailers to face a tough Christmas
RETAILERS could be in a for a tougher than expected Christmas after the Reserve Bank of Australia failed to deliver a cash rate cut yesterday.
RBA leaves rates on hold at 2.0%
THE Reserve Bank has left the official cash rate on hold at its record low of 2.0 per cent for the sixth month in a row.
50/50 chance of a Cup rate cut
A MELBOURNE Cup Day interest rate cut will be decided in a photo finish today but economists remain divided on whether the cash rate will fall before Christmas.
Big bank loyalty costs you billions
IT may seem like a better to be loyal to one of the four big banks — but it’s costing Australians more than $6 billion in savings.
‘Banks can’t blame us for their decisions’
THE big banks shouldn’t expect a “leave pass” for hiking up interest rates while the official cash rate is on hold according to Treasurer Scott Morrison.
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