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Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Some home loans come with gifts attached

Mortgage lenders are fighting hard for business, with Virgin Money gifting Velocity points to eligible borrowers and other lenders running cashback offers.

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26 Aug, 2019

2 min read

Some home loans come with gifts attached

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Popular lenders offering 3-year home loans from 2.99%

Suncorp Bank and Bank of Queensland are leading the way among Australia’s largest banks for three-year home loan interest rates.

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23 Aug, 2019

2 min read

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Saving for a home? It might take you ten years

New CoreLogic figures have painted a more stable picture of the Australian housing market but saving for a house deposit can still take up to ten years to achieve.

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14 Aug, 2019

4 min read

Saving for a home? It might take you ten years

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Cash rate back in a holding pattern while new customer rates continue to fall

The RBA left the cash rate on hold this month at a record low of 1 per cent, but borrowers can still get a further rate cut if they turn themselves into new customers.

Home Loans

06 Aug, 2019

2 min read

Cash rate back in a holding pattern while new customer rates continue to fall

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Is it time to fix your home loan?

It’s the age-old question people love to ask: is now the best time to fix? With cash rate at a historic low of 1 per cent, the question of whether to fix or not has become more prevalent than ever.

Home Loans

30 Jul, 2019

5 min read

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

The pros and cons of comparing fixed rate home loans

Following recent cash rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), many banks have slashed their home loan interest rates to new lows.

Home Loans

30 Jul, 2019

3 min read

The pros and cons of comparing fixed rate home loans

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

UBank offering 5-year investor rates for 3.49%

More than a dozen lenders, large and small, are now offering investors five-year fixed rates for under 4 per cent.

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29 Jul, 2019

3 min read

UBank offering 5-year investor rates for 3.49%

Liz Seatter

Senior Finance Writer

CBA takes the axe to fixed rates

Australia’s largest bank has today cut its fixed rate home loans, making it the last of the big four banks to adjust fixed rates since the RBA cash rate cut on July 2.

Home Loans

26 Jul, 2019

3 min read

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Eight lenders offering variable home loans under 3.10%

What a difference two months makes for Australian home loan customers.

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26 Jul, 2019

2 min read

Eight lenders offering variable home loans under 3.10%

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

How you can still get a slice of the Great Australian Dream

Over 70 per cent of Australians still consider property ownership to be the Great Australian Dream, according to new research from Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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22 Jul, 2019

3 min read

How you can still get a slice of the Great Australian Dream

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Cheapest rents found in Perth and Adelaide

Australia’s renters on the east coast may need to look a bit further afield to find more affordable places to live, with a new report revealing that the cheapest rents are found in Adelaide and Perth. Property investors however, may welcome news that the highest rents can be found in Canberra and Sydney.

Home Loans

15 Jul, 2019

3 min read