Interest rates rise to 12-year high
THE central bank has boosted official interest rates by 25 basis points to 7.25 per cent, the highest level in over 12 years, to combat rising inflation.
Interest Rates
To fix or not to fix your home loan
IF you’re thinking of fixing your loan to offset rising interest rates, the chances are it could be too late.
Rates outlook – why we’re hurting
WITH home buyers being squeezed like never before, economists are tipping another rate rise when the RBA meets next week.
House prices to fall as rates rise
BIG city house prices will fall if interest rates continue to climb, as struggling homeowners are forced to sell-up, a real estate body says.
House sales mixed amid rate rise fears
THE threat of rising interest rates cast a pall over home sales at the weekend in Sydney, while the Melbourne market was more robust.
Plundering super to pay the mortgage
DESPERATE Australians are draining their super nest eggs to fend off mortgage foreclosures in record numbers.
Bank bills surge to push up fixed rates
SHORT-TERM funding costs for Australian banks and corporates have shot up to a 13-year high as money markets take fright at the double interest rate hike expected this year.
RBA ready for March rate rise
THE Reserve Bank is preparing to raise rates again in March in an effort to head off a wage-price spiral
RBA too slow to act on inflation
THE Reserve Bank has been criticised for not taking earlier action on interest rates to avoid the spike in inflation.
Get used to more loan pain
THE message was — should have been — as clear as it was brutal. A message homeowners and prime minister and treasurer need to absorb. Indeed everyone.
Interest rates rise to 12-year high
THE Reserve Bank has lifted official interest rates by 25 basis points, taking them to 7 per cent, the highest they have been in 12 years.
Rate rise: One’s not enough
THE near-certain interest rate rise to be delivered today by the Reserve Bank is being forecast as being too small to stem inflation.
PM’s friendly reminder to RBA
KEVIN Rudd has reminded the Reserve Bank of his plan to massively boost the budget surplus and tackle inflation, ahead of a likely interest rate rise.
RBA walking a fine line
EACH increase in interest rates raises the chances that the Reserve Bank will take a step too far, writes David Uren.
Rate rise next week, say experts
STRUGGLING home owners are tipped to cop yet another interest rate rise next week as the highest annual core inflation numbers in 16 years force the RBA to act.
Housing loans changing shape
A THIRD of all home loans approved in December were for investment properties, with fixed rate loans popular, according to national mortgage broker AFG.
Exit fees squeeze loan churners
SHELLING out thousands of dollars in exit fees for refinancing your home loan can be avoided if you do your homework before signing on the dotted line.
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