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Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Watchdog names financial health risks
Consumers are being warned about financial products that pose the greatest risk to their financial health in a damning new report.
Home Loans
01 Apr, 2012
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Why Aussies are downsizing the dream
Australians love big houses, but research suggests that consumers are moving away from the great Aussie dream of the freestanding house on the large block and embracing higher-density living.
Home Loans
26 Mar, 2012
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Why millions of home owners are missing out
For every 100 Australians with a gripe about their financial institution, just five will actually do something about it and make the switch to a better option, new research shows.
Home Loans
18 Mar, 2012
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Federal home loan initiative flops
The federal government put valuable information in the hands of homebuyers on January 1 when it introduced home loan 'key facts sheet' legislation. But two months on, the initiative has come under criticism from consumer groups, which have highlighted one major flaw in the regulation.
Home Loans
07 Mar, 2012
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
First home buyers better off, but still absent
A late-2011 surge in first home buyers has failed to resurrect a weak lending market, according to a new research report, which revealed first-time buyer numbers at eight-year lows.
Home Loans
05 Mar, 2012
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
The world's most expensive real estate
It's been another gloomy year for the Australian property market, marked by falling house prices, fewer sales, mortgage interest rate hikes and real estate jobs heavily slashed. But when compared globally the local market is relatively strong, new research shows.
Home Loans
16 Feb, 2012
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
House prices rise as rate cuts take effect
After a year of lacklustre performance, Australian house prices rose for the first time in 11 months, hot on the heels of the November interest rate by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Home Loans
24 Jan, 2012
2 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
The great housing drought
Australia's housing shortfall is getting worse, with demand for an extra 214,700 homes nationally not being met.
Home Loans
12 Jan, 2012
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Transform $100k into $1.5m
If you bought a home over the past 24 years, you have participated in the best-performing investment available anywhere in Australia.
Home Loans
11 Dec, 2011
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Will interest rates drop further tomorrow?
If economists' predictions are anything to go by, we are heading towards further interest rate cuts, possibly as early as tomorrow.
Home Loans
04 Dec, 2011
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Home ownership out of reach for many Aussies
Home ownership may be the great Australian dream, but it's a dream that remains out of reach for many Australians. The State of Australian Cities report by Infrastructure Australia, released last month, highlighted yet again that the rise in Australian house prices over the past decade is among the highest in the developed world.
Home Loans
27 Nov, 2011
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Buy this year to save over $17,000
From January 1, 2012, first homebuyers in NSW will have to fork out an extra $17,770 when buying a property valued under $500,000, thanks to the scrapping of the First Home Plus Scheme.
Home Loans
06 Nov, 2011
2 min read
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