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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
How changes to Capital Gains Tax could impact housing affordability
Newly released research from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) suggests that an increase in Capital Gains Tax would raise the cost of renting and make housing affordability even more problematic.
Home Loans
18 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Laine Gordon
Head of Public Relations
Second lender lifts mortgage rates
State Custodians has announced it will increase interest rates on variable home loans by 0.10 percentage points, effective 17 April 2018.
Home Loans
18 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Falls felt for February housing finance
The latest Housing Finance figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicate that while Australian home buyers are committing more money towards owner occupied housing and less towards investment properties, the overall number of housing finance commitments are falling, including the number of first home buyers.
Home Loans
13 Apr, 2018
3 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Aussie cash rate will rise, but not yet, says RBA
Investors may want to start bracing themselves for the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA’s) first increase to Australia’s cash rate in seven years… though this increase could take some time to arrive.
Home Loans
12 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Rents surge in Hobart as yields slump in Sydney
Australia’s eight capital city rental markets have reported very different results over the March quarter.
Home Loans
12 Apr, 2018
3 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Keep building houses to solve housing affordability
A new report from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) has crunched the numbers around the nation’s ongoing housing affordability crisis, and determined that Australia must continue to build homes at the current rate in order to maintain a housing supply that meets demand forecasts.
Home Loans
09 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Interest-only mortgage rates rising for some, falling for others
As Australia’s interest-only crackdown passes its one year anniversary, it turns out that interest-only mortgage rates for investors have been quietly falling.
Home Loans
08 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
ACCC slams banks for synchronised swimming' on mortgage rates
In a pulling-no-punches speech at the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Banking and Wealth Summit, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims called out the nation’s big banks for allegedly using home loan interest rate discounts to maintain market stability rather than to provide their customers with healthy competition.
Home Loans
06 Apr, 2018
3 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
ING reduces mortgage rates
Starting from today, ING has dropped the interest rates on several of its home loan offers for both owner occupiers and investors.
Home Loans
04 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Georgie Hay
Roll your coffee money into your mortgage and save $71K
Find out how much you can save by rolling your coffee money into your mortgage.
Home Loans
03 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Interest-only mortgages still available at historically low rates
Borrowers are still able to access interest-only mortgages for less than 4 per cent, despite the crackdown on interest-only mortgages launched one year ago.
Home Loans
02 Apr, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Five-year mortgages available for under 4%
Home loan borrowers can fix their mortgage rates for five years at levels that have rarely been seen in Australian history.
Home Loans
31 Mar, 2018
2 min read
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