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Cash rate holds at 1.5%, yet mortgage stress on the rise

The RBA has left the cash rate on hold at the historical low of 1.5 per cent today. Yet, new research shows that the financial pressures of paying off a home loan are increasing.

Mortgage News•6 Dec 2016

Rates to hold in December, before rising in 2017

Official interest rates are poised to hold at the historic low of 1.50 per cent when the Reserve Bank Board meets this Tuesday.

Mortgage News•5 Dec 2016

Further rate hikes a ‘sign of what’s to come’

The Commonwealth Bank is the latest lender to lift interest rates for homebuyers looking to fix their home loan, raising rates on a number of fixed products.

Mortgage News•4 Dec 2016

Financial inequity extends beyond the workforce: research

Not only do women earn substantially less than men – 17.7 per cent less, on average – but new research reveals that a financial disparity between genders extends beyond the workforce into household finances.

Mortgage News•30 Nov 2016

Click to pay is king as consumers embrace bank technologies

Many Australians now pay their bills with a few taps of the finger, as banks beef up their mobile and digital-banking offerings.

Mortgage News•22 Nov 2016

Refinancing on the rise, as rates stall

As the RBA leaves rates on hold at 1.50 per cent today, new figures show the number of Australians refinancing their home loans is on the rise.

Mortgage News•1 Nov 2016

Rates tipped to hold at 1.5% on Tuesday

The cash rate is set to remain on hold at 1.5 per cent when the RBA Board meets tomorrow, after last week’s inflation figures came in slightly stronger than expected.

Mortgage News•31 Oct 2016

RBA stalls, yet home loan rates continue to drop

The RBA may have left the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent at today’s Board meeting, but home loan rates continue to drop with close to 200 cuts in the past month.

Mortgage News•4 Oct 2016

RBA set to continue rate holding pattern

The cash rate is set to hold at 1.50 per cent when the Reserve Bank Board meets on Tuesday, despite a volatile Australian dollar, sluggish mining transition and mounting global pressures to cut.

Mortgage News•30 Sep 2016

Singles priced out of the property market Australia wide

Only two of Australia’s eight capital cities have a median house price that can be afforded by an average single income, new analysis by Australia’s leading financial comparison website, RateCity.com.au, shows.

Mortgage News•28 Sep 2016

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Cash rate holds at 1.5%, yet mortgage stress on the rise

Rates to hold in December, before rising in 2017

Further rate hikes a ‘sign of what’s to come’

Financial inequity extends beyond the workforce: research

Click to pay is king as consumers embrace bank technologies

Refinancing on the rise, as rates stall

Rates tipped to hold at 1.5% on Tuesday

RBA stalls, yet home loan rates continue to drop

RBA set to continue rate holding pattern

Singles priced out of the property market Australia wide

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Cash rate holds at 1.5%, yet mortgage stress on the rise

Rates to hold in December, before rising in 2017

Further rate hikes a ‘sign of what’s to come’

Financial inequity extends beyond the workforce: research

Click to pay is king as consumers embrace bank technologies

Refinancing on the rise, as rates stall

Rates tipped to hold at 1.5% on Tuesday

RBA stalls, yet home loan rates continue to drop

RBA set to continue rate holding pattern

Singles priced out of the property market Australia wide

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