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Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
1 in 3 mortgage holders are food insecure, can Australians afford another rate hike?
The Reserve Bank of Australia hiked the cash rate to 4.35% yesterday. With more and more mortgage holders suffering under the weight of rising rates and high inflation, can they afford another rate hike?
Home Loans
08 Nov, 2023
6 min read
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Eden Radford
External Comms Lead
NAB announces rate hikes
NAB has announced it is passing on Tuesday’s cash rate hike to variable borrowers in full, effective 17 November.
Home Loans
08 Nov, 2023
2 min read
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Eden Radford
External Comms Lead
RBA hikes cash rate to 4.35%: what borrowers should do next
The RBA has today increased Australia’s cash rate to 4.35 per cent, the 13th hike since the start of May 2022 and the highest since November 2011.
Home Loans
07 Nov, 2023
6 min read
![RBA hikes cash rate to 4.35%: what borrowers should do next](https://images.ratecity.com.au/large/20191203/i-stock-950975006-1-0X5ITRnXi.jpg)
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Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
What can we expect from interest rates in 2024?
With only one more RBA meeting on monetary policy left for the year, let’s explore what Australians can expect from interest rates in 2024, based on the latest predictions.
Home Loans
07 Nov, 2023
6 min read
![What can we expect from interest rates in 2024?](https://images.ratecity.com.au/large/20231107/i-stock-1341981011-gdD4gXNeS.jpg)
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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
What to expect from the RBA meeting in November 2023
Three of Australia’s Big four banks have changed their tune on what they expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will do at its upcoming meeting in November 2023. And with all four banks now predicting a hike, when can we realistically expect interest rates to start falling again?
Home Loans
06 Nov, 2023
7 min read
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Eden Radford
External Comms Lead
What an RBA rate hike could mean for borrowers
The RBA could hike the cash rate tomorrow to the highest level since November 2011 in its 13th move to rein in inflation since May of last year.
Home Loans
06 Nov, 2023
5 min read
![What an RBA rate hike could mean for borrowers](https://images.ratecity.com.au/large/20191001/rba-cash-rate-reserve-bank-eEInf76xQ.jpg)
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Eden Radford
External Comms Lead
ANZ hikes fixed rates
ANZ, Australia’s fourth largest bank, has hiked fixed rates by up to 0.35 percentage points for both owner-occupiers and investors on 1- to 5-year terms.
Home Loans
03 Nov, 2023
4 min read
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Eden Radford
External Comms Lead
Cashback exodus rattles refinancing market + investors ramp up new lending in time for spring
The value of refinanced mortgages plummeted in the month of September, dropping to $18.53 billion, the lowest level in almost a year.
Home Loans
02 Nov, 2023
5 min read
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Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
14 lenders offering cashbacks: Who is still offering cashback deals in November?
If you’re considering refinancing, or looking for your first home loan, it may be worthwhile nabbing a sweetener for your back pocket, like a cashback deal.
Home Loans
02 Nov, 2023
5 min read
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Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Some of the top-rated home loans in November 2023
There’s a strong chance that the next meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board in November 2023 will see the national cash rate rise. All of Australia’s Big Four banks are predicting that the 13th rate hike since April 2022 will arrive in November 2023. But what does this mean for Australian homeowners and first home buyers?
Home Loans
01 Nov, 2023
3 min read
![Some of the top-rated home loans in November 2023](https://images.ratecity.com.au/large/20231101/some-of-the-top-rated-home-loans-in-november-2023-mWY4b4S_o.jpg)
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Eden Radford
External Comms Lead
Household deposits continue to soar as Australians squirrel money away
Household deposits hit a new record high of almost $1.42 trillion in September, despite pressure from the rising cost of living and 12 RBA hikes.
Home Loans
31 Oct, 2023
5 min read
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Eden Radford
External Comms Lead
NAB hikes its basic variable rate for new customers
NAB, Australia’s third largest home loan lender, has today increased the rate of its basic variable mortgage by 0.10 percentage points for new customers paying principal and interest.
Home Loans
27 Oct, 2023
5 min read
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