Home Loans

The home loan market cooled in the month of January, with the value of new and refinanced home loans dropping for the second consecutive month.

Eden Radford -

07 Mar, 2024 -

4 min read

Home Loans

The value of refinanced home loans staged a small comeback in February, with ABS Lending Indicator data recording a $478 million bump.

Eden Radford -

09 Apr, 2024 -

5 min read

Home Loans

The proportion of borrowers opting for a fixed rate hit a new record low of just 1.40 per cent in March, according to the latest ABS statistics.

Eden Radford -

03 May, 2024 -

5 min read

Car Insurance

Discover the most at-risk times of day, and suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions. It is a timely reminder to take time this silly season to ensure that your car insurance policy is the best fit for you. 

Alex Ritchie -

20 Dec, 2023 -

3 min read

Car Loans

One of Australia��_s key economic indicators has performed quite strongly over the past year, new data has revealed.

Nick Bendel -

20 Jun, 2017 -

2 min read

Car Loans

Aussies are buying more new cars, with four wheel drives and similar vehicles leading the pack, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Mark Bristow -

17 May, 2017 -

1 min read

Car Loans

Keep an eye on your car keys _ new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that in 2016, car crime across Australia reached its highest level since 2012, driven by spiking car theft numbers in key states.

Mark Bristow -

07 Jul, 2017 -

1 min read

Savings Accounts

Females have closed the pay gap on males, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Full-time adult average weekly ordinary-time earnings reached $1,567.90 in November 2017 _ an increase of 2.3 per cent on the previous year. That included an increase of 2.9 per cent for females and 2.0 per cent for males.

Nick Bendel -

22 Feb, 2018 -

2 min read

Savings Accounts

Nick Bendel -

15 Jun, 2017 -

2 min read

Savings Accounts

When it comes to personal debt, Queenslanders are struggling the most.

Alex Ritchie -

25 May, 2017 -

5 min read

Bank Accounts

The number of ATMs and bank branches has dropped by more than one in 10 in the last financial year, as banks and customers move their transactions online.

Eden Radford -

19 Oct, 2023 -

8 min read

Bank Accounts

The latest job figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the nation��_s unemployment rate held steady over October 2017.

Mark Bristow -

17 Nov, 2017 -

2 min read

Bank Accounts

Just days after eliminating withdrawal fees from its ATMs, Commonwealth Bank has recorded a significant increase in usage of its machines by customers of other banks.

Mark Bristow -

28 Sep, 2017 -

2 min read

Credit Cards

New research from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and Roy Morgan is predicting that Australians will spend more than $50 billion in retail stores this Christmas season.

Mark Bristow -

14 Nov, 2017 -

2 min read

Personal Loans

More Australians are struggling to manage debt, mortgage stress and financial hardship, with the number of bankruptcies and debt agreements around the country increasing over the past three months.

Mark Bristow -

19 Oct, 2017 -

2 min read

Personal Loans

It was a tough financial year for Australia��_s debtors, with the number of personal insolvencies growing to its highest figures in nearly a decade.

Mark Bristow -

19 Jul, 2018 -

2 min read

Superannuation

Today two government initiatives kick off, designed to provide Australians with a more secure future, but not everyone is guaranteed to be a winner.

Laine Gordon -

01 Jul, 2021 -

6 min read