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Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

When will your bank hike your mortgage rate and how much could it cost you?

30 lenders have announced plans to increase variable home loan rates, including the Big Four Banks. Homeowners are likely wondering when they can expect this latest increase to take effect, and how much it’ll put them out-of-pocket.

Home Loans

13 Nov, 2023

4 min read

When will your bank hike your mortgage rate and how much could it cost you?

Peter Terlato

Personal Finance Editor

How renting out a room could help pay off your mortgage

Leveraging extra space within your home can be a viable strategy for those looking to offset rising mortgage costs. However, it may be helpful to investigate the legal, financial, and practical aspects of this decision.

Home Loans

13 Nov, 2023

7 min read

How renting out a room could help pay off your mortgage

Eden Radford

External Comms Lead

CBA steps up for savers – how the big four banks now stack up

CBA has announced it will be passing on the full 0.25 percentage point hike to its variable mortgage customers, effective 17 November.

Home Loans

09 Nov, 2023

5 min read

CBA steps up for savers – how the big four banks now stack up

Eden Radford

External Comms Lead

ANZ and Westpac the next to announce full hikes to variable mortgage customers

ANZ and Westpac have followed in NAB’s footsteps, announcing they will be passing on Tuesday’s cash rate hike to their variable mortgage customers in full.

Home Loans

08 Nov, 2023

3 min read

ANZ and Westpac the next to announce full hikes to variable mortgage customers

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

1 in 3 mortgage holders are food insecure, can Australians afford another rate hike?

The Reserve Bank of Australia hiked the cash rate to 4.35% yesterday. With more and more mortgage holders suffering under the weight of rising rates and high inflation, can they afford another rate hike?

Home Loans

08 Nov, 2023

6 min read

1 in 3 mortgage holders are food insecure, can Australians afford another rate hike?

Eden Radford

External Comms Lead

NAB announces rate hikes

NAB has announced it is passing on Tuesday’s cash rate hike to variable borrowers in full, effective 17 November.

Home Loans

08 Nov, 2023

2 min read

Eden Radford

External Comms Lead

RBA hikes cash rate to 4.35%: what borrowers should do next

The RBA has today increased Australia’s cash rate to 4.35 per cent, the 13th hike since the start of May 2022 and the highest since November 2011.

Home Loans

07 Nov, 2023

6 min read

RBA hikes cash rate to 4.35%: what borrowers should do next

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

What can we expect from interest rates in 2024?

With only one more RBA meeting on monetary policy left for the year, let’s explore what Australians can expect from interest rates in 2024, based on the latest predictions.

Home Loans

07 Nov, 2023

6 min read

What can we expect from interest rates in 2024?

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

What to expect from the RBA meeting in November 2023

Three of Australia’s Big four banks have changed their tune on what they expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will do at its upcoming meeting in November 2023. And with all four banks now predicting a hike, when can we realistically expect interest rates to start falling again?

Home Loans

06 Nov, 2023

7 min read

What to expect from the RBA meeting in November 2023

Eden Radford

External Comms Lead

What an RBA rate hike could mean for borrowers

The RBA could hike the cash rate tomorrow to the highest level since November 2011 in its 13th move to rein in inflation since May of last year.

Home Loans

06 Nov, 2023

5 min read

What an RBA rate hike could mean for borrowers

Eden Radford

External Comms Lead

ANZ hikes fixed rates

ANZ, Australia’s fourth largest bank, has hiked fixed rates by up to 0.35 percentage points for both owner-occupiers and investors on 1- to 5-year terms.

Home Loans

03 Nov, 2023

4 min read