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
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
ATM fees hit indigenous communities hardest
A financial counselling organisation is calling for ATM fees to be scrapped in remote Indigenous communities after it was reported that some Aboriginal people were spending up to 20 percent of their incomes on ATM fees.
Laine Gordon -
10 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
Why wait? Buy now with little deposit
Despite reports that Australians are living in some of the largest homes in the world, new research shows the average Aussie can no longer afford to buy the average house.
Laine Gordon -
04 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
Watchdog names financial health risks
Consumers are being warned about financial products that pose the greatest risk to their financial health in a damning new report.
Laine Gordon -
01 Apr, 2012 -
3 min read
Dirty, filthy money
If there was ever an argument for a 'cashless society' this may be it; germs on money could be making us sick. New research has revealed that some bank notes contain more than six times the contamination levels of a public toilet.
Laine Gordon -
28 Mar, 2012 -
3 min read
Why Aussies are downsizing the dream
Australians love big houses, but research suggests that consumers are moving away from the great Aussie dream of the freestanding house on the large block and embracing higher-density living.
Laine Gordon -
26 Mar, 2012 -
3 min read
Soggy heist: car buyers beware
Australians shopping on the used-car market are being warned against potential rip-offs as thousands of water-damaged vehicles flood the market.
Laine Gordon -
23 Mar, 2012 -
2 min read