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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.

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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.

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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.

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19 Oct, 2018

2 min read

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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08 Oct, 2018

1 min read

IMB raises rates for home loan customers

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

ING and Suncorp offering low five-year interest rates

Several lenders are pricing their five-year fixed-rate home loans under 4 per cent, according to a new analysis of the mortgage market.

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06 Oct, 2018

2 min read

ING and Suncorp offering low five-year interest rates

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Five steps to negotiating a better home loan rate

There are a few simple steps you can follow to negotiate a better rate with your bank.

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03 Oct, 2018

5 min read

Five steps to negotiating a better home loan rate

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Prices down as housing correction hits 12 months

The good news for first home buyers is turning into less-great news for home investors, as CoreLogic reports 12 months of home value drops in much of the country.

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03 Oct, 2018

3 min read

Prices down as housing correction hits 12 months

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Would you delay retirement to help your kids get their first home loan?

Many Australian parents are putting off hanging up their work hats for a few more years so they can help their children become first homebuyers.

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29 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Would you delay retirement to help your kids get their first home loan?

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Home values are falling, but it's "unremarkable" says CoreLogic

Afraid of the falling Australian home prices? There's some comforting analysis suggesting that this is more normal than some would lead you to believe.

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25 Sep, 2018

3 min read