Thousands of Australians each year use mortgage brokers to refinance or get a new home loan, but did you know that some of the best value home loans on the market aren’t available through brokers?
With interest rates on the rise this month and the era of record low rates coming to a close, there's never been a better time to compare your current home loan against the best on market and see how much you could save by switching.
NAB has become the latest Big Four Bank to raise fixed rates for home loans, joining ANZ, Westpac, and CommBank in the continuing saga of the April rate-hike scramble.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has offered the clearest sign yet that it intends to raise the cash rate, meaning mortgage holders around the country could be looking at a very different interest rate environment in the coming months.
ANZ and Westpac have joined CBA in announcing changes across their fixed rate home loans last week, with hikes nearly across the board for both investment and owner occupier products. These announcements now mean three out of the Big Four Australian banks have joined the April rate-hike scramble.
With rising home loan interest rates and costs of living on everyone’s mind, there may be relief on the horizon. This month, the Victorian government announced plans for an Affordable Housing Rental Scheme aimed at closing the housing gap and alleviating rental stress.
Property analysts at CoreLogic have noted a quarterly decline in dwelling values across 24% of suburbs in capital cities, most of them in Sydney and Melbourne.
For the second time in three weeks, Commonwealth Bank hiked fixed rates across home loans, lifting 2-year interest rates (OO, P&I) as much as 50 bp. This move follows the continued April trend of rate-hike fever, which has affected all four big banks.
Remember when the Sydney Harbour went brown after flooding? Aesthetics may be only a hint of the impending disaster.
In positive news for home borrowers, some of Australia’s top mortgage lenders are slashing home loan rates to new lows in a bid to entice home buyers and growing numbers of bargain-hunting refinancers keen to secure a better deal on their mortgage as protection against future Reserve Bank rate rises.