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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In the 24 hours since the RBA cut the cash rate, we’ve seen a flurry of activity on the home loan front as banks and lenders scramble to revise their interest rates.
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CommBank has announced that it will begin accepting applications from investors looking to refinance principal and interest loans once again, effectively reversing the suspension the bank placed on these types of borrowers just three months ago.
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It wasn’t that long ago that property prices were edging upwards, but the stop in commercial activity and widespread job loss caused by the coronavirus pandemic has since seen confidence in the property market take a nosedive.
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