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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Some of the best home loans in November 2022
The November 2022 meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board saw the national cash rate increase by 25 basis points, bringing it to 2.85% - the highest level since April 2013. And with inflation now expected to peak at 8 per cent by the end of 2022, the RBA has indicated that more rate hikes are coming.
Home Loans
02 Nov, 2022
4 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
NAB to hike variable mortgages by RBA’s 0.25%, but leaves savers in the dark
NAB is the first of the big four banks to announce it is passing on today’s 0.25 percentage point RBA hike in full to its variable mortgage rates. However, NAB has chosen to keep its savings rate decision under wraps again this month.
Home Loans
01 Nov, 2022
2 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Variable mortgage rates set to rise by 0.25% – what will banks do for savers?
The Reserve Bank has today increased the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.85 per cent, the highest level since the April 2013 RBA meeting.
Home Loans
01 Nov, 2022
5 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Melbourne Cup rate hike near certainty, but size of hike still up for grabs
The Reserve Bank is set to fire off another cash rate hike tomorrow, with a 0.25 percentage point increase the most likely outcome.
Home Loans
31 Oct, 2022
5 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
On a fixed rate? How to prepare for the cliff
What fixed rate borrowers can do now to get ready for when their ultra-low rate ends and they roll over onto a much higher variable rate.
Home Loans
31 Oct, 2022
5 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
How many more interest rate hikes do we have left?
The RBA is expected to hike the cash rate next Tuesday. Millions of Australian homeowners must be wondering how many more interest rate hikes they can reasonably expect to pay.
Home Loans
27 Oct, 2022
5 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
RBA double hike back on the cards: Westpac
Westpac is the last of the big four banks to update its cash rate forecast on the back of yesterday’s higher than expected inflation figures, with the bank now predicting a 0.50 percentage point RBA hike on Tuesday.
Home Loans
27 Oct, 2022
5 min read
Peter Terlato
Personal Finance Editor
The economic tipping point: when could we see the RBA's moves start to impact inflation?
Ongoing global supply chain delays and materials shortages, as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s covid-zero policy and other economic constraints are key drivers of inflation. So, why haven't central bank's recent interest rate hikes impacted prices?
Home Loans
27 Oct, 2022
7 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Another 50bps rate hike? What to expect from the RBA November meeting
Three of the big four banks are predicting another 25 basis point cash rate hike on Tuesday at the Reserve Bank of Australia’s next Board meeting to set the cash rate.
Home Loans
27 Oct, 2022
6 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
Higher than expected inflation points to more RBA hikes – could the cash rate get to 3.85%?
Borrowers could be hit with even more RBA hikes than previously expected with annual headline inflation clocking in at 7.3 per cent in September.
Home Loans
26 Oct, 2022
5 min read
Peter Terlato
Personal Finance Editor
Here's what Australia's big four banks think of the federal budget
Australia's biggest lenders are in a strong financial position thanks to soaring interest rates. Although the government’s budgetary measures were found to be relatively moderate this time around, it may preempt a more exertive and transformative May budget for 2023/24.
Home Loans
26 Oct, 2022
5 min read
Peter Terlato
Personal Finance Editor
7 key budget announcements and how they'll affect your finances
The budget outlines the financial approach the government will take to secure Australia’s economic future. Despite fears of a looming global recession, there are some interesting and potentially positive announcements to be drawn from Labor’s first federal budget since 2013/14.
Home Loans
26 Oct, 2022
8 min read
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