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Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Bankwest raises mortgage rates by 15 basis points

Bankwest is following in the footsteps of several leading Aussie banks in raising mortgage rates by 15 basis points for owner-occupiers and investors.

Home Loans

25 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Bankwest raises mortgage rates by 15 basis points
Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Banks offer fruit farmers a break

The Australian Banking Association is offering assistance to farmers affected by fruit sabotage by deferring payments, waiving fees and restructuring loans.

Home Loans

23 Sep, 2018

1 min read

Banks offer fruit farmers a break
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

ING joins big four banks in raising interest rates

ING have followed the big four banks in raising rates out of cycle, increasing some interest rates for investor variable loans by 15 basis points.

Home Loans

21 Sep, 2018

2 min read

ING joins big four banks in raising interest rates
Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Westpac woos new home loan customers with interest rate discounts

Westpac is rolling out the red carpet to new customers by offering discounted interest rates on its home loans.

Home Loans

20 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Westpac woos new home loan customers with interest rate discounts
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

ABS finds housing prices slide in June 2018 quarter

Housing prices across the nation are falling, and while the drops don’t exactly point to a freefall, major cities have seen consecutive price slides.

Home Loans

18 Sep, 2018

3 min read

ABS finds housing prices slide in June 2018 quarter
Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Which Aussie regions saw dwelling values rise or fall?

While much of the buzz around Australia’s housing markets has been focused on the capital cities in the eastern states, the nation’s regional areas have also experienced slowdowns in dwelling value growth.

Home Loans

12 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Which Aussie regions saw dwelling values rise or fall?
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Noosa up, Brisbane down in Queensland home pricing

It’s not all doom and gloom for Australian home prices, with select parts of Queensland reporting growth in median house prices.

Home Loans

10 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Noosa up, Brisbane down in Queensland home pricing
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Investors still backing away from property market

Investors are backing away from the housing market while owner-occupiers are taking a bigger piece of the housing pie, according to the latest ABS Housing Finance figures.

Home Loans

10 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Investors still backing away from property market
Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Big Bank bust up, NAB goes it alone on behalf of its customers

NAB has bucked the rate-hike trend, announcing it will leave its standard variable rate on hold at 5.24 per cent today.

Home Loans

10 Sep, 2018

1 min read

Big Bank bust up, NAB goes it alone on behalf of its customers
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Home loan lenders do battle over consumer protections

Australia’s shareholder banks have been slapped down after calling on customer-owned banks to adopt their new code of ethics.

Home Loans

07 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Home loan lenders do battle over consumer protections
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Double trouble: CBA and ANZ hike mortgage rates

Commonwealth Bank and ANZ have hiked rates for their variable customers today by 0.15 percentage points and 0.16 percentage points respectively.

Home Loans

06 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Double trouble: CBA and ANZ hike mortgage rates
Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Virgin Money woos home loan customers with free flights

Virgin Money is offering borrowers tens of thousands of Velocity Points if they take out a Reward Me home loan.

Home Loans

05 Sep, 2018

2 min read

Virgin Money woos home loan customers with free flights