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
Interest rate hikes predicted for second half of 2011
With interest rates at a record low, is now the time to look at fixing your mortgage?
Laine Gordon -
04 Apr, 2011 -
2 min read
Mortgage exit fees: What do the new rules mean?
As part of the federal government’s overhaul of the banking sector, Treasurer Wayne Swan recently announced a ban on mortgage exit fees as of July 1, 2011.
Laine Gordon -
03 Apr, 2011 -
2 min read
South Australia: top state for car owners
South Australia is arguably Australia's friendliest state for drivers. The Virgin Car Insurance study, which compared the costs of car insurance, petrol, parking and tolls as well as theft, revealed Adelaide as the most driver-friendly city in Australia
Laine Gordon -
30 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read
Free roadside with Coles Car Insurance: what's the catch?
In a bid to reform the car insurance market and lure new customers, supermarket giant Coles has sparked a price war not just on the shelves, and is now offering free roadside assistance to some of its comprehensive car insurance policy holders.
Laine Gordon -
30 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read
Home owners fix rates amid rate rise speculation
Despite no change to the cash rate in the past four months, Australian home owners are bracing for an interest rate rise and are rushing to lock in their mortgage interest rates at record levels since October 2010.
Laine Gordon -
25 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read
Commonwealth Bank's fee-free but not the cheapest mortgage
Competition between the major banks escalated this month when the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) unveiled its new No-Fee Home Loan. But how does it stack up when compared with some of the top mortgages monitored by RateCity and does a fee-free option always equal a cheaper home loan?
Laine Gordon -
25 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read
Is the honeymoon over for introductory rate loans?
Home owners are wising up to some deceptively pricey introductory rate home loans, with application rates at record low levels last month for the mortgages RateCity monitors.
Laine Gordon -
25 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read
Avoid bank fees at the BPay checkout
Despite a stereotype that insists that generation Y is online savvy, new research points to the contrary when it comes to the under-thirties group's bill-paying habits on their transaction accounts.
Laine Gordon -
25 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read
Bank's ads sway unknowing customers
Just one month since launching an advertising campaign designed to distance itself from the other major banks, NAB has had a surge in account applications. Home loan enquiries soared by more than a third since the campaign was rolled out on February 14.
Laine Gordon -
23 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read
How to think like a home owner before you buy
The next two years will likely see a spike in the number of first home buyers entering the market. Fed up with increasing rental prices, more than half of the 1000 prospective home buyers surveyed in the annual Future First Homebuyer Survey were looking to the property market for refuge.
Laine Gordon -
23 Mar, 2011 -
3 min read