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Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Some of the best home loans in December 2020

We’re at the beginning of the end of what may be generously described as a challenging year, after months of social upheaval and economic recession. So, what are your options if you want to start 2021 strong?

Home Loans

10 Dec, 2020

2 min read

Some of the best home loans in December 2020

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Home loan cashback deals for December 2020

RateCity reveals the home loan lenders offering cashback deals $1,000 to $4,000 and more, as well as waived LMI and bonus Qantas frequent flyer points for December 2020.

Home Loans

09 Dec, 2020

4 min read

Home loan cashback deals for December 2020

Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Rebounding house prices surge to record highs

House and unit values are growing once more after recovering from a sharp drop brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

Home Loans

09 Dec, 2020

4 min read

Rebounding house prices surge to record highs

Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

ACCC: Switching home loans should be a lot easier, borrowers stand to save thousands

The process of switching home loans could be sped up and standardised across the industry, under four recommendations made to the federal government by the ACCC.

Home Loans

08 Dec, 2020

6 min read

ACCC: Switching home loans should be a lot easier, borrowers stand to save thousands

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Home loans hit dizzying heights as first home buyers flock to the market

The value of home loans settled in the month of October has hit an all-time high, thanks to a boom in construction lending and a comeback by first home buyers.

Home Loans

03 Dec, 2020

3 min read

Home loans hit dizzying heights as first home buyers flock to the market

Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Housing boom forecast next year, but Jobkeeper will be ‘essential’

Home values are forecasted to bounce back next year posting strong gains across the country, according to a research firm, bucking a period of falling prices and circumventing the pitfalls of a pandemic.

Home Loans

03 Dec, 2020

5 min read

Housing boom forecast next year, but Jobkeeper will be ‘essential’

Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Recovering home values could reach record prices early next year

Falling property prices are on their way to recovering after every city and country town posted gains in November, a first in seven months since the pandemic.

Home Loans

02 Dec, 2020

5 min read

Recovering home values could reach record prices early next year

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Do you know your rate? Half of borrowers don’t

Following today’s decision by the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold at 0.1 per cent, new research from RateCity.com.au shows almost half of all borrowers are in the dark about their rate.

Home Loans

01 Dec, 2020

3 min read

Do you know your rate? Half of borrowers don’t

Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Homebuilder subsidy extended, but payment whittled down

Thousands of homes could have their construction subsidised after the government extended to its $680 million Homebuilder program-- only, the grants paid will be smaller.

Home Loans

01 Dec, 2020

4 min read

Homebuilder subsidy extended, but payment whittled down

Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

50 lenders offering home loans for less than $50 a day

There are 50 lenders now offering a total of 126 home loan under 2 per cent. That’s 40 per cent of the 124 lenders on the RateCity.com.au database with at least one home loan rate starting with a ‘1’.

Home Loans

30 Nov, 2020

4 min read

50 lenders offering home loans for less than $50 a day

Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Stamp duty will be discounted in Victoria, one of many measures announced

Stamp duty will be discounted for people purchasing a property in Victoria for a limited time, the government has announced, among a suite of measures intended to get people spending, buying and building.

Home Loans

25 Nov, 2020

4 min read

Stamp duty will be discounted in Victoria, one of many measures announced

Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Twice as many Aussies want to buy their first home

Deflated prices, cheap mortgages and government subsidies are motivating twice as many people to buy their first property, according to a big bank’s research.

Home Loans

24 Nov, 2020

5 min read