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Alison Cheung
Finance Writer
Falling home prices see better housing affordability across Australia
Housing affordability across the country is looking up, as property prices come down nationally due to COVID-19.
Home Loans
02 Sep, 2020
4 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
House, apartment and townhouse developments recover after COVID-19 dip: ABS
The number of houses, townhouses and apartments given the green light to be developed sharply rose recently, turning the tide against a downturn exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Home Loans
02 Sep, 2020
4 min read
Alison Cheung
Finance Writer
Housing market loses steam, prices fall for four straight months
Australian housing values edged down by 0.4 per cent in August, marking the fourth consecutive month of falling prices due to COVID-19.
Home Loans
01 Sep, 2020
5 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
RBA holds mortgage interest rates at 30 year low, saving rates tumble
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to make no changes to the cash rate, a key metric used to corral the interest rate charged on home loans and savings accounts.
Home Loans
01 Sep, 2020
3 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
No RBA cut likely, yet banks keep stinging savers
Savers are continuing to be stung by falling interest rates even though the Reserve Bank isn’t expected to cut the cash rate today.
Home Loans
01 Sep, 2020
4 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
Government’s first home buyers were able to buy four years quicker: report
A $400 million government scheme helped one-in-eight people buy their first property four years quicker, a report has found, leading to calls from an industry association for its expansion.
Home Loans
01 Sep, 2020
4 min read
Alison Cheung
Finance Writer
Reduce Home Loans brings record low mortgage interest rate down to 1.90%
A non-bank lender has today rolled out an introductory mortgage interest rate of 1.90 per cent, smashing the lowest variable rate record in Australia.
Home Loans
31 Aug, 2020
5 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
Three ways to tighten your budget during COVID-19
COVID-19 has torn through people’s work, social and home lives, creating a need for frugal spending. Here’s three ways you may be able to save money and push the dollars you're spending a little further.
Home Loans
28 Aug, 2020
3 min read
Alison Cheung
Finance Writer
COVID-19 disrupts home ownership plans for first home buyers
COVID-19 has thwarted the property purchase plans of many first home buyers.
Home Loans
26 Aug, 2020
6 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
Banks warn selling the family home should be an option for a struggling few
Senior bank executives are warning some customers may have to sell their homes and downsize, rather than being saddled with compounding interest on a mortgage they can't afford.
Home Loans
26 Aug, 2020
5 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
RBA: Australian property market can withstand a 40% crash
The Australian property market could withstand an ‘extreme’ scenario of dropping 40 per cent in value at a time of high unemployment, the RBA has said.
Home Loans
26 Aug, 2020
4 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
COVID: To understand housing market’s recovery, investor group studies GFC
Property prices went up by 30 per cent or more in the Australian suburbs that best recovered from the GFC, research by an investment group found, offering insight into the recovery after COVID-19.
Home Loans
24 Aug, 2020
4 min read
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