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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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