46% of millennials say renting is a waste of money, here’s what they’re doing about it
Despite their love for brunch on a Sunday - and getting the perfect picture of it - millenials are more focused on home ownership than ever.
St. George Bank survey reveals 1 in 5 Aussie first-home buyers want to buy this Spring
St. George Bank’s recent Spring-time Housing Survey has revealed that 56% of Aussie first-home buyers know exactly what they want in a new home, with 72% feeling confident to lock in a new home in the current low-interest-rate environment.
ME Bank slashes its fixed rates, now offers a home loan starting with a 2
This morning, online lender ME Bank announced it would be cutting fixed home loan rates across many of its owner occupier and investor options by as much as 60 basis points, coming into effect today.
Bye big banks, hello smaller lenders: Nearly 60% of Aussie property investors want to make the switch
More and more Aussie property investors aren’t settling for the big banks when shopping around for a mortgage, new research has revealed.
One week on: ING, Bendigo Bank, BOQ to reduce home loan rates following RBA cut
It’s been one week since the RBA cut official interest rates, and we’ve received word of most major lenders’ plans. Now that the dust has settled a little, let’s take a look at some more big names, including ING and Bendigo Bank, that have announced cuts.
RBA rate cut: Is your lender naughty or nice?
Online lenders UBank, Athena, Homestar and FreedomLend are on top of the rate cut nice list this month, moving with lightning speed to announce they are passing through the Reserve Bank's October rate cut in full.
0.13% drop: CommBank fails to pass on large portion of RBA rate cut to home loan customers
The Commonwealth Bank became the first of Australia’s big four banks to respond to Tuesday’s RBA rate cut after making an announcement last night that it would cut 0.13% off variable home loan interest rates for its owner occupier borrowers.
UBank doesn’t hold back, passes on the full 0.25% cut to home loan customers
UBank home loan customers were treated to some good news last night. Not too long after the RBA cut official interest rates by 0.25%, the online bank announced it will be doing the same across its range of variable rate home loans.
Big bank RBA watch: How do ANZ, CommBank, NAB and Westpac home loan rates compare after cuts?
It’s official - Australia’s big four banks have now weighed in on the October RBA decision by announcing their respective cuts to variable home loan rate offers.
Stop the big bank home loan rip off: Here’s how
The RBA has cut rates for the third time this year and once again the big banks are failing to pass the full cut through to mortgage holders. What's more, the big 4 banks’ rate cut tactics have seen them pocket a $4.7 billion windfall since 2016, research by Mozo reveals.