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Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

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Laine Gordon is the Head of Public Relations at RateCity and an experienced journalist and research specialist. With a background in news and feature writing, covering finance, media and even food (a passion of hers) at Reed Elsevier publications, Laine brings almost two decades of experience to the team. Having covered major areas of interest to the general public from hip pocket issues to rising and falling interest rates and the impact to mortgages, credit and saving in Australia, she is passionate about researching and telling people’s stories to help others make better decisions about their own finances.

1296 articles written by Laine Gordon

Home Loans

NAB hikes mortgage rates by 0.25%. Stays ‘mum’ on savers

NAB has announced it will also pass on 0.25 percentage point RBA hike to its variable mortgage customers, taking its lowest variable rate to 5.24 per cent.

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07 Feb, 2023 -

2 min read

Home Loans

ANZ home loan rate hike puts end to rates starting with a '4'

ANZ is the first of the big four banks to announce it will pass on today’s 0.25 percentage point RBA hike in full to its variable mortgage rate, taking its lowest variable rate to 5.09 per cent.

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07 Feb, 2023 -

3 min read

Home Loans

RBA lifts rates by 0.25% with more hikes to come – how to beat rising rates

The Reserve Bank has today increased the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.35 per cent, with more hikes to come.

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07 Feb, 2023 -

3 min read

Home Loans

Australians brace for another 0.25% RBA hike on Tuesday – how high will the cash rate go?

The Reserve Bank is widely tipped to hike the cash rate again next week by 0.25 percentage points, taking it to 3.35 per cent – the highest rate in almost 10.5 years.

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03 Feb, 2023 -

4 min read

Home Loans

Show me the money: Westpac ups its cashback to tempt refinancers

Australia’s second largest lender, Westpac, has increased its cashback offer for refinancers, upping the incentive from $2,000 to $3,500 in a bid to attract new business.

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02 Feb, 2023 -

5 min read

Home Loans

Ninth RBA hike a near certainty on back of soaring inflation figures

Borrowers will almost certainly face another RBA cash rate hike next month with today’s annual inflation rate clocking in at 7.8 per cent for the December quarter.

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25 Jan, 2023 -

3 min read

Home Loans

Refinancing smashes the record books as borrowers take the fight to rising rates

The value of refinanced home loans has hit a new record high, as borrowers take action to combat rising interest rates. This figure smashes the previous record set in August 2022 by almost $1 billion. 

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16 Jan, 2023 -

4 min read

Credit Score

Almost 1 in 3 Aussies have fallen victim to a financial scam – don’t let that be you this Christmas

Almost a third of Australians have been hit by a financial scam, RateCity.com.au research shows.

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22 Dec, 2022 -

5 min read

Savings Accounts

Savers get a boost as new highest rate hits 4.60% for all adults

It’s showtime for the highest savings accounts as banks break the 4.5 per cent savings rate barrier on the back of the RBA’s historic eighth consecutive cash rate rise.

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08 Dec, 2022 -

6 min read

Home Loans

Westpac cuts new customer variable rates, as loyal borrowers face 8th rate hike

Westpac has today cut the rate on its basic home loan for new customers, as existing variable borrowers face their eighth rate hike this year.

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07 Dec, 2022 -

4 min read