With Interest Rates on the rise those with a mortgage should be asking do I have the best loans for our current situation? The answer may mean that you should…
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At some stage, your home may well be too small or big for your needs. Or perhaps the size is right, but you want to live in a neighbourhood with…
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Australia’s growing stamp duty tax is taking its toll on Aussie home buyers – leaving them in more debt and eating away at potential retirement funds. A report by the…
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At its meeting yesterday, the Reserve Bank Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent. Growth in the global economy is continuing at a moderate pace,…
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Home owners are taking advantage of record low interest rates to pay off their mortgages faster. The National Australia Bank says new figures show 85 percent of its mortgage customers…
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The Commission of Audit has recommended including homes above a certain value in the means test that determines who gets the age pension and how much. Under the proposal, homes…
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Mortgage stress is on the rise as Australians worry about losing their jobs. The latest Genworth homebuyer confidence index, which tracks the mood of people who own or are thinking…
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A forced savings plan might be the answer for 20-somethings wanting to get an early toehold on the property ladder. If you don't want to struggle to pay off a…
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LENDERS have cut interest rates for the most popular type of fixed-rate mortgage to their lowest levels in more than two decades, amid bets the cash rate will fall to…
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Investors are not as good a bet for banks as ordinary home owners. Borrowers with investment property loans were 1.5 times more likely to fall into severe delinquency - more…
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