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Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Same sex mortgages are on the rise
Home loans taken out by two same-sex individuals are increasing, with women more likely to team up to buy a home, according to research from Aussie Home Loans.
Home Loans
09 Nov, 2018
2 min read
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Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Regulator wants to make big banks even safer
Australia’s banking regulator has said it wants the big four banks to hold more capital - a reform that it expects to have a minimal effect on home loan interest rates.
Home Loans
08 Nov, 2018
2 min read
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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Heritage Bank and Teachers Mutual adjust mortgage interest rates
More banks and lenders are adjusting their home loan interest rates, with rate rises and falls coming into effect this week.
Home Loans
07 Nov, 2018
3 min read
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Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
NAB hikes base variable rate but only for new customers
Australia’s fourth largest bank, the National Australia Bank has announced it will be changing the special on its base variable rate from 3.69 per cent to 3.87 per cent.
Home Loans
05 Nov, 2018
3 min read
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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
ING slashes fixed interest rates for investors
ING has adjusted its fixed interest rates, raising rates for owner occupiers while cutting rates for investors.
Home Loans
02 Nov, 2018
2 min read
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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Australian housing prices continue down, but regional offers hope
Australia�۪s biggest cities reported another drop in housing prices in October, as home values fell once more.
Home Loans
01 Nov, 2018
2 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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