Listen to Money Cafe: Budget predictions, beating the house, and housing recovery
Listen to the Money Cafe podcast on Budget predictions. Can you beat the house when fixing rates? The cities left behind in a housing recovery.
Wealth editor James Kirby and InvestSMART’s Alan Kohler discuss Budget predictions. Can you beat the house when fixing rates? The cities left behind in a housing recovery.
- The most important budget since Costello’s first
- What will the budget deficit look like?
- House prices settle at surprisingly healthy levels
- There is now a huge gulf between the real estate sectors of various cities
- LayBuy, another BNPL entrant
- The risks of borrowing to invest
- How often do banks lose out on an interest rate fix?
Don’t forget to send your own questions to James Kirby and Alan Kohler via moneycafe@theaustralian.com.au
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