On-site auctions to recommence as restrictions ease in NSW
After a six week ban, the NSW property industry will be given the green light to resume property inspections and on-site auctions this weekend.
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CBA mortgage customer? You may have just been moved to minimum repayments
Starting today, the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will automatically switch 748,000 home loan customers onto the minimum repayments required to service their loans.
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1,000 CommBank customers have already bought property using First Home Loan Deposit Scheme
Commonwealth Bank announced it hit a major milestone yesterday after 1,000 of its customers purchased a property using the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (FHLDS), which launched at the beginning of this year.
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Have rate reductions made it time to ‘fix and forget’ your home loan?
A month on from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) March Emergency rate cut and the dust has well and truly settled, revealing a substantial shift in the fixed rate home loans market.
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My mortgage is suddenly too much to pay, what are my options?
If you’ve suddenly found yourself struggling to make your mortgage repayments due to the current crisis, there are a few things you can do to ease some of that stress.
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3 quick takeaways from the ACCC interim report on home loan pricing
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has this afternoon released an interim report into home loan pricing by Australia’s big four banks.
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Reluctance to haggle could cost Aussies $6k in household expenses, Mozo research finds
Despite the opportunity for more long term savings, research from Mozo has revealed that Aussies are three times more likely to haggle for a lower price on white goods than they are on ongoing household expenses, such as home loans and energy deals.
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Here’s why you should hold off on renovating your home this Christmas
Whether you feel particularly jolly at this time of year or not, one thing is clear, as a whole, Aussies are a pretty festive bunch. In fact, we’re so festive that according to a recent survey conducted by ME Bank, a significant 64% of Aussies are rushing to renovate their homes before Christmas.
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NAB joins First Home Loan Deposit Scheme - but are its rates any good?
Aussie first home buyers, listen up! NAB has just snatched a spot at the table as one of two big banks to offer home loans under the federal government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme.
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October RBA cut: Which banks have cut home loan rates already?
It’s been two days since the Reserve Bank board made the call to lower the official cash rate from 1.00% to 0.75% - an historically low rate in Australia.
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