CBA lowers serviceability floor to accommodate lower rates

Australia’s largest bank, CBA, has announced it is reducing its serviceability floor rate from 5.40 per cent to 5.10 per cent, a move that will help some people borrow more from the bank. The change is effective Saturday 14 November.

ING and ME Bank slash savings rates - a sign of what’s to come

Savings rates are starting to feel the squeeze following last week’s RBA cut, with ING and ME Bank dropping rates by the full 0.15 per cent on their popular savings accounts today.

The state of play post-RBA

None of the big four banks have committed to passing on Tuesday’s RBA rate cut to their variable customers, leaving millions of mortgage holders out in the cold.

Westpac mirrors CBA with no cut for variable rate customers

Australia’s second biggest bank has followed CBA, announcing it will not be passing on the rate cut to its existing variable rate customers, opting to cut fixed rates instead.

CBA turns its back on variable rate customers as they opt to slice fixed rates instead

Australia’s biggest bank has today announced it will not be passing on the rate cut to its existing variable rate customers, opting to cut fixed rates instead.

RBA cuts rates to 0.10%, extends QE

The RBA has made the historic decision to cut the cash rate by 0.15 per cent today, slashing official rates to 0.10 per cent.

Homestar ups the ante with new lowest rate in the country, ahead of RBA

Homestar Finance has announced a new ongoing variable rate of just 1.79 per cent on the eve of a potential RBA cut.

Credit card debt hits lowest level since 2004

Australians have wiped a total of $6.3 billion of debt accruing interest from their credit cards since COVID, according to new RBA figures released today.

COVID-affected customers should receive rate cuts not rate hikes: RateCity

From September, homeowners on a deferral who can’t resume their repayments can potentially extend the pause by an extra four months or switch to interest-only repayments.

Home loan market shows signs of life as variable rates hit 1.95%

New home lending has partially recovered from its record drop last month according to ABS figures released today. It comes as home loan rates keep on tumbling, with a new lowest ongoing variable rate of 1.95 per cent now on the market.