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
ANZ the latest to hike new customer rates as banks move to shore up home lending books
ANZ has today increased the rate on its basic mortgage by up to 0.21 percentage points for new customers.
Laine Gordon -
28 Mar, 2023 -
5 min read
RBA March hike kicks in across Australia, NAB scraps its package home loan
Australians with a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), NAB or ANZ variable home loan will see their interest rate rise by 0.25% today as the RBA’s March hike takes effect.
Laine Gordon -
17 Mar, 2023 -
5 min read
No relief from RBA but home buyers can boost their borrowing capacity themselves
Home buyers looking to boost their borrowing capacity may need to take the microscope to their finances after the RBA hiked the cash rate once again on Tuesday.
Laine Gordon -
11 Mar, 2023 -
7 min read
ANZ hikes mortgage rates and one savings rate
ANZ has followed NAB and Westpac by announcing it will be increasing mortgage rates for new and existing variable borrowers by 0.25 percentage points.
Laine Gordon -
09 Mar, 2023 -
2 min read
NAB, Westpac announce RBA hikes
NAB and Westpac are the first big four banks to announce they will pass on Tuesday’s 0.25 percentage point RBA hike to both mortgage and savings customers.
Laine Gordon -
09 Mar, 2023 -
4 min read
CBA announces RBA hikes – how the big four now stack up
CBA is the last of the big four banks to announce it will be passing on the 0.25 percentage point RBA hike to its variable mortgage customers, effective 17 March.
Laine Gordon -
09 Mar, 2023 -
4 min read
CBA announces RBA hikes – how the big four now stack up
CBA is the last of the big four banks to announce it will be passing on the 0.25 percentage point RBA hike to its variable mortgage customers, effective 17 March.
Laine Gordon -
09 Mar, 2023 -
4 min read
Mortgage rates starting with a ‘4’ to largely disappear on back of today’s RBA hike
The Reserve Bank has today increased the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.60 per cent, the highest level since May 2012.
Laine Gordon -
07 Mar, 2023 -
5 min read
New highest savings rate hits 5.15%, but there’s a catch
Savings accounts have broken the 5 per cent barrier, with Bank of Queensland posting a rate of 5.15 per cent, effective today.
Laine Gordon -
03 Mar, 2023 -
4 min read
CBA and NAB hike select rates out-of-cycle for new customers
Australia’s largest and third largest lenders have today hiked select rates for new customers, as the rising rate environment forces banks to reassess their home loan offerings.
Laine Gordon -
01 Mar, 2023 -
4 min read