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Home Loans

Rents surge in Hobart as yields slump in Sydney

Australia��_s eight capital city rental markets have reported very different results over the March quarter. Domain has reported that while Sydney tenants pay the highest rents, Hobart tenants have experienced the fastest growth in rents over the year.

Nick Bendel

Nick Bendel -

12 Apr, 2018 -

3 min read

Home Loans

Tenants laughing in some markets, crying in others

Rental rates have significantly increased in Hobart and Canberra, while going sharply backwards in Perth and Darwin.

Nick Bendel

Nick Bendel -

20 Jul, 2017 -

3 min read

Home Loans

High rental returns in regional Victoria

Property investors looking for high rental returns may be better served purchasing property in regional Victoria than Australia's capital cities.

Mark Bristow

Mark Bristow -

26 May, 2017 -

2 min read

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Investment Funds

Investment yields forecast to fall from 9% to 6%

Diversified investors can expect solid returns this financial year, but not as high as in 2017-18, according to a prominent economist. AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver forecast that diversified funds would earn a yield of about 6 per cent in 2018-19.

Nick Bendel

Nick Bendel -

07 Jul, 2018 -

2 min read

Investment Funds

Economist tells investors to learn 7 lessons from the GFC

Ten years ago on this day, Lehman Brothers collapsed and triggered the Global Financial Crisis. What can investors learn from this historic event?

Nick Bendel

Nick Bendel -

15 Sep, 2018 -

3 min read

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Bank Accounts

Financial literacy programs making a difference for kids

In good news for parents and teachers, an independent evaluation of ASIC��_s MoneySmart Teaching Program has found that it yielded strong results amongst students learning financial literacy.

Alex Ritchie

Alex Ritchie -

12 Dec, 2017 -

2 min read

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Savings Accounts

Australian women falling behind in financial literacy

Alarming research from Commonwealth Bank has found that Australian women exhibit lower levels of financial literacy compared to men.

Alex Ritchie

Alex Ritchie -

29 Aug, 2018 -

2 min read

Savings Accounts

Best savings accounts for November 2020

RateCity has done the hard work for you by ranking some of the most competitive savings accounts in the marketplace for both adults and kids with our Real Time RatingsTM system.

Alex Ritchie

Alex Ritchie -

18 Nov, 2020 -

2 min read

Savings Accounts

CBA responds to ASIC’s investigation into school banking

The nation’s largest provider of school banking has responded to criticism that they’re taking advantage of ‘vulnerable’ children in an effort to grow their customer base.

Tony Ibrahim

Tony Ibrahim -

16 Dec, 2020 -

4 min read

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Car Loans

Comparing car loans could yield big savings

Australia contains dozens of car loan providers and hundreds of different car loan products.

Nick Bendel

Nick Bendel -

02 Nov, 2019 -

2 min read

Car Loans

ACCC takes action against Holden
Nick Bendel

Nick Bendel -

07 Aug, 2017 -

3 min read

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Term Deposits

Maximise your savings: top terms deposits for May 2023

Now may be an opportune time to compare a range of term deposit accounts and the different options that are available.

Peter Terlato

Peter Terlato -

12 May, 2023 -

3 min read

Term Deposits

Best term deposits for October 2020

With another Reserve Bank of Australia-led cash rate cut tipped for November, could now be the time to lock in a competitive term deposit rate?

Alex Ritchie

Alex Ritchie -

19 Oct, 2020 -

3 min read

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