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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
20 suburbs for buyers and sellers to watch
A new report has found 20 suburbs around Australia where home buyers, sellers and investors can expect to see prices rise in the near future.
Home Loans
07 Feb, 2022
2 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Sydney suburbs where first home buyers can still purchase under $800k
Using the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme to buy your first home? Here are several suburbs with properties under $800,000, according to a new report by Domain.
Home Loans
07 Feb, 2022
3 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Commonwealth Bank backs OwnHome as alternative option for first home buyers
One of Australia’s oldest mortgage lenders, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), is putting its money behind one of Australia’s newest rent to own start-ups, OwnHome, as high house prices send more first home buyers in search of alternative paths to home ownership.
Home Loans
04 Feb, 2022
5 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
NAB the 3rd big four bank to hike fixed rates in 2022 – how high will they go?
NAB has raised its fixed rates by up to 0.20 per cent for owner-occupiers and investors following similar hikes from CBA yesterday and Westpac last month.
Home Loans
04 Feb, 2022
3 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
CBA hikes fixed rates by up to 0.20%
Australia’s largest bank, CBA, has today hiked fixed rates by up to 0.20 per cent for owner-occupiers and investors.
Home Loans
03 Feb, 2022
4 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
Over 1.1 million households have never had an RBA rate hike
Analysis of data out today shows more than 1.1 million Australian households have never experienced a cash rate hike.
Home Loans
01 Feb, 2022
4 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Tic:Toc offers $2022 cashback to start 2022
Online lender Tic:Toc is offering eligible customers who refinance with them the chance to start 2022 a bonus $2022 cashback.
Home Loans
01 Feb, 2022
2 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
Rate hikes coming, with or without the RBA
The RBA is not expected to raise the cash rate this month, however, there is growing speculation the central bank will lift rates this year.
Home Loans
31 Jan, 2022
5 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Most expensive capital city rental markets revealed
Rental prices across the nation have continued to grow, with two capital cities hitting a weekly rent price of over $600, according to the latest data from CoreLogic. Discover the most expensive capital cities to rent in today.
Home Loans
28 Jan, 2022
3 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Home loan cashback deals for January 2022
Explore some of the cashback offers available to new and refinancing home loan customers for January 2022, including waived lender’s mortgage insurance and Qantas frequent flyer points.
Home Loans
27 Jan, 2022
4 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
How much could your mortgage payments cost if interest rates rise?
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show a 3.5 per cent jump in inflation over the past year. If rising inflation forces the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA’s) hand into increasing the national cash rate, what could this mean for the household budgets of Australia’s mortgage holders?
Home Loans
25 Jan, 2022
3 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
Westpac first big four bank to hike fixed rates in 2022
Westpac is the first big four bank to hike fixed rates in 2022 but certainly won’t be the last. We expect other banks to follow within days on the back of sharp increases to the cost of wholesale funding.
Home Loans
21 Jan, 2022
3 min read
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