Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Laine Gordon is the Money Editor at RateCity and an experienced journalist and research specialist. With a background in news and feature writing, covering finance, media and even food (a passion of hers) at Reed Elsevier publications, Laine brings almost two decades of experience to the team. Having covered major areas of interest to the general public from hip pocket issues to rising and falling interest rates and the impact to mortgages, credit and saving in Australia, she is passionate about researching and telling people’s stories to help others make better decisions about their own finances.
974 articles written by Laine Gordon
Gift cards: the naughty and nice list this Christmas
RateCity.com.au has today revealed its annual ‘naughty and nice’ gift card list, with nearly one in three Australians estimated to buy gift cards this Christmas.
Laine Gordon -
16 Dec, 2021 -
10 min read
Australia’s biggest bank hikes fixed rates 4 times in 2 months
Australia’s largest bank, CBA, has increased fixed rates for owner-occupiers and investors for the fourth time in just over two months.
Laine Gordon -
16 Dec, 2021 -
4 min read
CBA shaves savings rates again after a year of micro-cuts
Australia’s largest bank, CBA, has today cut the rate on two of its popular savings accounts by up to 0.05 per cent.
Laine Gordon -
15 Dec, 2021 -
3 min read
Fixed rate hikes snowball as Westpac increases rates 4 times in 2 months
Australia’s second largest bank, Westpac, has increased fixed rates for the fourth time in less than two months.
Laine Gordon -
08 Dec, 2021 -
3 min read
Investors continue their comeback, as owner-occupiers retreat
The value of new home lending has fallen for the third consecutive month, according to today’s ABS lending indicator data.
Laine Gordon -
02 Dec, 2021 -
4 min read
NAB lifts fixed rates: last big four rate under 2% now gone
Australia’s third largest bank, NAB, has today hiked fixed rates for the third time in just over five weeks – closing the door on the last big four rate under 2 per cent.
Laine Gordon -
02 Dec, 2021 -
3 min read
Westpac shuts the door on rates under 2%
Westpac has today discontinued its introductory variable rate of 1.99 per cent. The bank now has no rates under 2 per cent.
Laine Gordon -
25 Nov, 2021 -
4 min read
80% of credit card users with debt don’t know their interest rate
With the silly season now upon us, shoppers using credit cards are being warned to be careful not to get stung with big interest bills.
Laine Gordon -
23 Nov, 2021 -
5 min read
Fixed rates keep climbing: NAB hikes by up to 0.51%
Australia’s third largest bank, NAB, has hiked its fixed home loan rates for owner-occupiers and investors by up to 0.51 per cent.
Laine Gordon -
11 Nov, 2021 -
3 min read
How Afterpay’s new bank accounts compare to the competition
Australia’s largest buy now, pay later provider, Afterpay, has launched its own banking platform, Money by Afterpay.
Laine Gordon -
10 Nov, 2021 -
4 min read