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
Rate cut could shave $700 per year off average mortgage
RateCity.com.au expects the Reserve Bank to cut rates tomorrow and then again as early as August.
Laine Gordon -
03 Jun, 2019 -
2 min read
Greater Bank goes below 3%
Greater Bank has announced it will slash its 1-year fixed home loan for owner-occupiers paying principal and interest by 0.50 per cent to 2.99 per cent.
Laine Gordon -
30 May, 2019 -
2 min read
NAB slashes fixed home loan rates
Laine Gordon -
30 May, 2019 -
2 min read
Rates remain on hold for the 33rd month, but here’s how to get a rate cut
The RBA has resisted calls to cut the official cash rate, but will be looking closely at this month’s employment data, whether wages growth remains flat and potentially the next round of inflation figures, before they pull the trigger.
Laine Gordon -
08 May, 2019 -
2 min read
Westpac slashes fixed rates, pouring more fuel on the fixed rate fire sale
Westpac has announced it is cutting fixed rates on a range of owner occupier and investor home loans by up to 0.20 per cent, effective tomorrow.
Laine Gordon -
11 Apr, 2019 -
2 min read
New lending rises in February: another ‘blip’ or has the tide turned?
In a surprise move, the ABS lending to households and businesses figures rose in February, with new owner-occupier loans leading the way with a 3.4 per cent increase from the previous month, in seasonally-adjusted terms.
Laine Gordon -
09 Apr, 2019 -
2 min read
Housing finance tumbles in December, credit cards continue to fall out of favour
ABS figures out today show a dramatic drop in new housing loans, while the number of credit cards are also continuing to fall, according to the RBA.
Laine Gordon -
12 Feb, 2019 -
3 min read
Cash rate holds as banks court ‘ideal’ borrowers
People refinancing their home loans has hit the same flat line as the official cash rate, despite the revelations in the Royal Commission and the potential savings home owners could make.
Laine Gordon -
05 Feb, 2019 -
3 min read
Another one bites the dust, ING the latest lender to hike home loan rates
ING is lifting variable home loan rates by 15 basis points, impacting both new and existing variable home loan customers.
Laine Gordon -
31 Jan, 2019 -
2 min read
NAB caves to funding pressures
NAB’s decision to hike rates is a long-awaited blow for its variable rate customers. Yesterday’s announcement comes 136 days after they said they were keeping their variable rates on hold.
Laine Gordon -
25 Jan, 2019 -
2 min read