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Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

Australia's new lowest home loan rate is 1.67% fixed, how does it stack up?

Lenders are continuing to battle it out to have the lowest home loan rate in Australia, with BCU today offering 1.67 per cent fixed for 1-year. However, after just 12-months it reverts to 4.06 per cent. That’s an increase of $473 a month for the average mortgage holder.

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23 Apr, 2021

3 min read

Australia's new lowest home loan rate is 1.67% fixed, how does it stack up?

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Sign of future hikes? More banks lift 4-year fixed home loan rates

RateCity research has found that since 1 March, 16 lenders have increased 4-year fixed home loan rates. This is no doubt being influenced by comments from RBA Governor, Philip Lowe, indicating that the cash rate is unlikely to increase until inflation targets are met – potentially in 2024.

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19 Apr, 2021

4 min read

Sign of future hikes? More banks lift 4-year fixed home loan rates

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Citi withdraws consumer business: mortgages, retail banking and credit cards

Global group, Citi, has today announced it will withdraw from its consumer banking business in Australia, as well as 13 other markets. Citi’s consumer business includes mortgages, retail banking and credit cards.

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16 Apr, 2021

3 min read

Citi withdraws consumer business: mortgages, retail banking and credit cards

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Some of the best home loans in April 2021

Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) having not lifted the national cash rate in over a decade, many mortgage lenders are aggressively competing for business from borrowers. But while many borrowers will go looking for the home loans with the lowest interest rates, it’s important to also consider which home loans offer the fees, features and other benefits that could offer greater value for your financial situation.

Home Loans

16 Apr, 2021

3 min read

Some of the best home loans in April 2021

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Home loan cashback deals on offer for April 2021

Lenders are fighting to get new home loan customers on to their books this April, with the majority of cashback deals, once again, available for refinancers only.

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13 Apr, 2021

4 min read

Home loan cashback deals on offer for April 2021

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Over 1 million homeowners have never experienced an RBA hike

While the Reserve Bank has left the cash rate unchanged at 0.10 per cent today, a rate hike is on the horizon in 2024 – the same time many homeowners will be coming off a 3-year fixed rate.

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06 Apr, 2021

3 min read

Over 1 million homeowners have never experienced an RBA hike

Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

COVID-19 amnesty over: Banks to resume reporting bad credit

New research from RateCity shows one in six Australians are worried about their credit scores in light of COVID-19, as banks resume credit reporting.

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06 Apr, 2021

3 min read

COVID-19 amnesty over: Banks to resume reporting bad credit

Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

RBA keeps cash rate on hold – so why are home loan rates still changing?

While lenders have made a flurry of cuts to 2- and 3-year fixed rates in the last month, there has been an increase in the number of lenders hiking 4-year fixed rates.

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05 Apr, 2021

3 min read

RBA keeps cash rate on hold – so why are home loan rates still changing?

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Aussie property prices skyrocket: fastest increase since 1988

Housing prices across the country surged at the fastest increase in 32 years to a new record high. And the current low-rate environment is fuelling the property market fire.

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01 Apr, 2021

4 min read

Aussie property prices skyrocket: fastest increase since 1988

Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

No records broken as home lending makes an unexpected drop in February

The value of new owner-occupier loans dropped almost 2 per cent from the record high reached in January. Compared to the same time last year, however, new lending was up 55 per cent, according to the seasonally adjusted ABS data.

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01 Apr, 2021

3 min read

No records broken as home lending makes an unexpected drop in February

Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

D-Day for JobKeeper: what Australians can do to help survive a drop in income

It’s D-day for the million Australians receiving JobKeeper with COVID relief payments finishing. As a result, Treasury estimates up to 150,000 people could find themselves unemployed.

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30 Mar, 2021

4 min read

D-Day for JobKeeper: what Australians can do to help survive a drop in income

Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

CBA cuts 1- & 2-year fixed rates but hikes 4-year loans: a sign of things to come.

The most significant change was the hike to its four-year fixed rate. This is the first big four bank to hike its four-year owner-occupier rate since October 2019 – a sign the bank is pricing in a higher cash rate from 2024.

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22 Mar, 2021

3 min read