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.
968 articles written by Laine Gordon
Rent or buy: which puts you on top?
The mortgage is taking a bigger chunk of our income now, despite lower interest rates. But is it cheaper to rent than buy?
Laine Gordon -
28 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
Only one in five aware of cyber security breach
Only one-in-five organisations are aware they have experienced a “cyber incident” in the past 12 months.
Laine Gordon -
22 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
Credit cardholders could be paying 2013 debts in 2037
RateCity found it would take 24 years and five months to repay the average credit card bill of $3282 if making only the minimum repayment each month.
Laine Gordon -
17 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
Young Australians file for bankruptcy
In the first three months of this year, 4774 Australians went bankrupt - that's 53 people per day, according to the federal government's Insolvency and Trustee Service.
Laine Gordon -
15 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
How to shrink your home loan
There’s no magic when it comes to saving money on your home loan.
Laine Gordon -
14 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
More home owners fall behind on loan payments
The number of home loan borrowers in arrears of 30 days or more on mortgage repayments increased to 1.46 percent, up 10 basis points compared to the September 2012 quarter.
Laine Gordon -
11 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
Reserve Bank Interest Rate Annoucement March
March update: RBA leaves rates on hold
Laine Gordon -
09 Apr, 2013 -
2 min read
New hurdle for first home buyers
Despite lower interest rates, it’s now more costly for some first home buyers to enter the property market than it was this time last year, research shows.
Laine Gordon -
09 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
Renovation high on the agenda
Two in five home owners are saving for a major renovation this year.
Laine Gordon -
08 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read
Housing market definitely unaffordable, say experts
First-home buyers are not showing any great enthusiasm to buy into the Aussie dream.
Laine Gordon -
07 Apr, 2013 -
3 min read