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Laine Gordon

Money Editor

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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.

968 articles written by Laine Gordon

Home Loans

Is now the right time to fix?

To fix or not to fix? Latest inflation figures have changed the outlook for interest rates in Australia.

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23 Jan, 2014 -

3 min read

Savings Accounts

Are these the world's wackiest ways to save?

From reusing tea bags to freezing credit cards in a brick of ice - these tips could help you save money, and even win some!

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Laine Gordon -

19 Jan, 2014 -

4 min read

Home Loans

Fixed rates rise further in November

A growing number of institutions are increasing the interest rates on their fixed home loans - a move that shows their hand on where they think the market might be heading.

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Laine Gordon -

10 Dec, 2013 -

3 min read

Credit Cards

Aussies' $10.7m gift' to credit card providers

Australians will 'gift' an estimated $10.7 million to their credit card providers in the form of extra interest revenue in January, new research has found.

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Laine Gordon -

25 Nov, 2013 -

2 min read

Home Loans

Fixed rates rise further

About half of all four- and five-year fixed rate home loans, and more than a third of three-year fixed rate home loans, have had rates adjusted up in the past two months, according to RateCity research.

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Laine Gordon -

20 Nov, 2013 -

3 min read

Home Loans

How government can really help home buyers

Despite record low interest rates, first home buyers now account for less than 10 percent of all new home loan dollars financed – a record low. Yet an opportunity to support a savings initiative for first home buyers is going to waste, according to RateCity.

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Laine Gordon -

17 Nov, 2013 -

4 min read

Home Loans

Low rates put borrowers 20 months ahead

The study by RateCity has revealed that a low interest rate environment has helped households to pay down their home loans more quickly than required.

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Laine Gordon -

06 Nov, 2013 -

3 min read

Home Loans

One in six flick the big banks

Borrowers are flocking to smaller banks and mortgage lenders, which are stealing market share away from the major banks, new research has found.

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Laine Gordon -

11 Oct, 2013 -

3 min read

Home Loans

Reserve Bank Interest Rate Announcement September 2013

September update: Reserve Bank leave rates on hold at 2.5%

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Laine Gordon -

03 Oct, 2013 -

2 min read

Home Loans

Banks relax mortgage rules

Financial institutions are allowing customers to save up smaller deposits to buy property, and in some cases are lending up to 100 percent of a property’s value.

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Laine Gordon -

25 Sep, 2013 -

3 min read