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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
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
First sub 2 per cent investor mortgage offered by Loans.com.au
An online lender has become the first in the industry to offer investors a mortgage rate below the coveted 2 per cent mark -- but there are a couple of conditions that need to be met.
Home Loans
24 Aug, 2020
3 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Some of the best home loans for investors in August 2020
Between falling rents and rising vacancies in some capital cities, it’s a challenging time to be a property investor. Whether you’re applying for a new investment loan or are refinancing an existing loan, you can expect extra scrutiny from banks and mortgage lenders, requiring extra time and paperwork.
Home Loans
22 Aug, 2020
2 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
Risk and reward: COVID sows confusion in the mortgage market, survey finds
People are worried they don’t have the job security they need to buy a property, according to a new report, at a time when 10 per cent of the working population are forecast to be out of work.
Home Loans
21 Aug, 2020
3 min read
Alison Cheung
Finance Writer
ME Bank, People’s Choice and 86 400 cut home loan rates in two days
Three mortgage lenders have reduced their interest rates in the span of two days, as competition intensifies among lenders.
Home Loans
21 Aug, 2020
4 min read
Laine Gordon
Money Editor
COVID-affected customers should receive rate cuts not rate hikes: RateCity
From September, homeowners on a deferral who can’t resume their repayments can potentially extend the pause by an extra four months or switch to interest-only repayments.
Home Loans
21 Aug, 2020
4 min read
Tony Ibrahim
Senior Journalist
Westpac drops commissions for all customer facing staff, but what about the rest?
Westpac has changed the way it pays the workers people interact with, whether it’s in a branch or over the phone, choosing to drop controversial commission payments in favour of paying them a fixed salary.
Home Loans
21 Aug, 2020
4 min read
Liz Seatter
Senior Finance Writer
Eight lenders now offering home loan rates below 2%
There are now eight lenders offering home loan rates under 2 per cent, with People’s Choice Credit Union today cutting its 1-year-fixed rate to 1.99 per cent.
Home Loans
21 Aug, 2020
3 min read
Alison Cheung
Finance Writer
Mortgage rate gap between owner-occupiers and investor home loan rates shrinks
The rift between owner-occupier and investor mortgage rates is narrowing, and investors can expect this to continue as new investor lending dwindles.
Home Loans
20 Aug, 2020
5 min read
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