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
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
RBA confirms further rate hikes likely
Borrowers should prepare for at least two, if not three, more cash rate hikes this year as the RBA continues to tame the inflation beast.
Laine Gordon -
21 Feb, 2023 -
6 min read
How to get ahead of rising rates as the first 2023 RBA hike kicks in
Australians with a CBA, NAB or ANZ variable home loan will see their interest rate rise by 0.25 percentage points today, as the RBA’s February hike takes effect.
Laine Gordon -
17 Feb, 2023 -
10 min read
Monthly repayments could rise by 49% in total, if NAB’s forecast is realised
The average mortgage holder could end up paying a total of $1,135 extra in monthly repayments since the start of the hikes, if NAB’s new cash rate forecast is realised.
Laine Gordon -
14 Feb, 2023 -
3 min read
Westpac announces new credit card instalment option – how does it stack up?
Westpac has today announced it will be launching a new payment plan option in another bid to provide customers with an alternative to the ever-expanding buy now, pay later sector.
Laine Gordon -
14 Feb, 2023 -
6 min read