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Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Home loan cashback deals for March 2021
There are currently a range of deals on offer for new mortgage customers, including cashback perks, bonus credit card rewards points and reduced LMI. Let’s explore some of the home loan deals on offer for March 2021.
Home Loans
11 Mar, 2021
4 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
“Absolutely a seller’s market”: seller confidence rebounds from Covid-19 sting
In news that may come to the relief of would-be buyers battling it out at auctions, over a third of homeowners are planning on selling in the next five years, according to new research from Westpac.
Home Loans
09 Mar, 2021
5 min read
Laine Gordon
Head of Public Relations
Westpac the third big bank to slash fixed rates
Westpac now has the lowest 2-year fixed rate in the market at 1.79 per cent.
Home Loans
09 Mar, 2021
4 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Some of the best home loans in March 2021
After a year of ups and downs, Australia’s home loan marketplace is looking a lot different. Following emergency cash rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and an economic recession, many lenders have thoroughly slashed their home loan interest rates.
Home Loans
08 Mar, 2021
3 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
RBA cash rate held again, housing prices continue to skyrocket
The Reserve Bank of Australia has held the cash rate at a record-low of 0.10 per cent again, meanwhile national property prices grew at the fastest recorded rate since 2003 in February.
Home Loans
02 Mar, 2021
4 min read
Laine Gordon
Head of Public Relations
$140 less a month: how falling mortgage repayments are pushing up property prices
The RBA has left the cash rate on hold today at 0.10 per cent, despite escalating property prices across the country.
Home Loans
02 Mar, 2021
4 min read
Laine Gordon
Head of Public Relations
Through the roof: home lending hits new highs
The mortgage market has broken even more records today, with the value of new home lending hitting an all-time high.
Home Loans
01 Mar, 2021
3 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Bank of Queensland to acquire ME Bank, pushes to compete with big four
Bank of Queensland has revealed a $1.325 billion deal to purchase ME Bank in an effort to compete with the big four banks and “balance out” its presence on the east coast.
Home Loans
22 Feb, 2021
4 min read
Georgia Brown
Personal Finance Editor
“Encouraging sign of recovery”: Just 9% of bank loan deferrals still outstanding
As automatic loan deferrals offered by Australia’s biggest banks come to an end, new figures show that 91 per cent of all loans that were deferred have resumed repayments.
Home Loans
19 Feb, 2021
2 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Home buying intentions increase as property prices tipped to rise
Home buying spending intentions are continuing to rise in 2021, according to the latest Household Spending Intentions Series by CommBank. Meanwhile, housing prices across Australia have been tipped to rise around 14 per cent in the next two years.
Home Loans
18 Feb, 2021
5 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
Australia’s lowest 2-year fixed rate now comes with $3K+ cashback
Home loan cashback deals are heating up again, with international bank, HSBC, today offering a $3,288 cashback to refinancers on its fixed and variable rate loans.
Home Loans
15 Feb, 2021
5 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Some of the best owner occupier home loans for February 2021
With Australia’s cash rate predicted to sit on hold at just 0.10 per cent for at least the next few years, RateCity analysis indicates that we may be looking at the bottom of the cycle when it comes to home loan interest rates.
Home Loans
11 Feb, 2021
4 min read
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