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Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

QBE predicts housing slowdown until potentially 2020

Nobody truly knows what the future of the housing market looks like, but a little bit of research has given QBE a bit of a real estate crystal ball.

Home Loans

31 Oct, 2018

2 min read

QBE predicts housing slowdown until potentially 2020
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Houses selling better than units in top performing suburbs

The shift in houses versus flats isn�۪t indicative of the industry as a whole. In fact in some parts of the country, houses are largely doing better.

Home Loans

28 Oct, 2018

2 min read

Houses selling better than units in top performing suburbs
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

HSBC slashes rates by 30 basis points for investors

In a step away from recent rate hikes of the big four banks, HSBC have reduced its standard variable rate for investors.

Home Loans

26 Oct, 2018

1 min read

HSBC slashes rates by 30 basis points for investors
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Property prices falling in major cities

All but one of Australia’s capital cities experienced some sort of decline in property values in the year to September, according to new data.

Home Loans

25 Oct, 2018

2 min read

Property prices falling in major cities
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

CBA slashes basic home loan rates in a bid for new customers

Australia’s largest lender, Commonwealth Bank, has slashed some of its lowest home loan rates, as competition heats up in a softening market.

Home Loans

23 Oct, 2018

2 min read

CBA slashes basic home loan rates in a bid for new customers
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Can Uber Eats affect your home loan chances?

Living in the digital world means living with apps, but what if some of those apps and services had real world ramifications? They just might.

Home Loans

23 Oct, 2018

3 min read

Can Uber Eats affect your home loan chances?
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

HSBC cuts interest rates for new customers

HSBC – one of Australia’s biggest lenders - has bucked the big bank trend by reducing variable and fixed interest rates for new customers.

Home Loans

22 Oct, 2018

2 min read

HSBC cuts interest rates for new customers
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

We're sorry and we're changing: NAB

NAB’s chief executive has apologised for the way the bank treated some customers, while also highlighting measures the bank has taken to improve its culture.

Home Loans

19 Oct, 2018

2 min read

We're sorry and we're changing: NAB
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Worried you'll never pay off your mortgage? ING has a solution

Concerned you’ll never pay off your home loan? You’re not alone, with over half (51 per cent) of Aussie home loan holders afraid they’ll be stuck with their mortgage debt forever.

Home Loans

15 Oct, 2018

3 min read

Worried you'll never pay off your mortgage? ING has a solution
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Housing finance falls to lowest level since Jan 2016

Today’s housing finance figures are further evidence of the continued slide in Australia’s housing market.

Home Loans

12 Oct, 2018

2 min read

Housing finance falls to lowest level since Jan 2016
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Rents falling in Sydney but surging in Canberra

Australia’s rental markets are a mixed bag, with prices jumping in some cities and declining in others, according to new data from Domain.

Home Loans

11 Oct, 2018

2 min read

Rents falling in Sydney but surging in Canberra
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

IMB raises rates for home loan customers

IMB Bank, one of Australia’s leading mutual banks, have increased its standard variable interest rate by 15 basis points for new and existing home loan customers.

Home Loans

08 Oct, 2018

1 min read

IMB raises rates for home loan customers