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
Renters priced-out of capital cities
Rental properties in Australia's capital cities have become too pricey for low-income tenants, new research shows.
Laine Gordon -
03 May, 2012 -
3 min read
What should you do with the rate cut?
It's the rate relief news many Australians have been waiting for, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates by 50 basis points on Tuesday. But it will count for little if the banks fail to pass the cut on, and now millions of Australians are waiting to see what they will do.
Laine Gordon -
01 May, 2012 -
3 min read
Save $100K by switching home loans
If given a chance to get a better rate, eight out of 10 Australians say they would consider switching banks for their home loans, so why don't more of us do it?
Laine Gordon -
30 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
Rate cut imminent
An official rate cut seems all but a certainty, with financial commentators tipping at least a 25-basis point reduction at tomorrow's Reserve Bank board meeting.
Laine Gordon -
26 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
Five cars that held their value best in 2012
Most cars are depreciating assets, losing 14 percent per year on average in the first three years, then up to 8 percent after that, says consumer watchdog Choice.
Laine Gordon -
25 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
Young drivers paying less to insure
Despite a long-held belief that young drivers make more claims on car insurance and pay the highest premiums, new research has revealed that the cost for young people to insure a vehicle is falling.
Laine Gordon -
22 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
First retire, and then have kids
Forget retirement at age 65; a frugal group of thirty-somethings are retiring, relatively wealthy, to the envy of their peers.
Laine Gordon -
19 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
House prices reshape the nuclear family
Forget the dream of having two kids, a border collie and a white-picket fence; new research shows the rising cost of living is reshaping the traditionally "standard" family structure.
Laine Gordon -
18 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
NSW considers pay-as-you-go stamp duty plan
First home buyers in New South Wales could be allowed to pay off their stamp duty over several years under a proposed scheme designed to kick-start the property market.
Laine Gordon -
16 Apr, 2012 -
2 min read
"Hacktivism" is on the rise
Two-thirds of Australians think it's unlikely they will be victims of a cyber-attack, an Australian SCAN social trend survey has revealed. So much so, that fewer than half of us ever bother to change our passwords or update anti-virus software.
Laine Gordon -
15 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read