Another year has passed, and Mozo Experts Choice award winner Newcastle Permanent has once again impressed, providing better products, customer experiences and community benefits than the big four banks, according to its 2017-18 annual results.
The start of spring is a time of new beginnings for Aussies. We pack away our winter doonas, give the house a good scrub down and start hitting the gym in time for summer. This year, it’s also the start of paying more for your home loan.
Looking to make your first move into the property market? A low deposit home loan could be your ticket to home ownership. If you've got a 5% or 10% deposit saved up, you'll be relieved to hear that plenty of lenders are still offering competitive low deposit home loans to first home buyers.
With house prices finally dipping after years of climbing, it’s looking good for first home buyers who want to put their foot on the property ladder - but as we know, it’s really not that easy. Pen to paper home loan applications are about as popular as a garden salad at the pub, and according to St. George Bank, Aussie’s would rather do almost anything else.
Between the number of Aussies who are nervously awaiting the final big four hike and those dreaming of owning their first home, the Aussie property market has seen better days.
As the cost of your morning coffee goes up, your boss announces there’ll be no christmas bonus and big banks hike up their home loan rates, it’s no wonder Aussie’s are feeling the strain on their purse strings.
A new Aussie first offer from loans.com.au combining a low rate home loan and interest-free credit facility, aims to have Aussies cutting up their credit cards.
Although the weather’s not quite hot enough to give your budgie smugglers another run, there is one thing that’s heating up, and that’s spring property season. After a lengthy housing boom, first home buyers could be in the prime position to purchase as the property market loosens its grip.
Aussies sticking with the big four after their recent rate hikes run the risk of missing out on over $2,000 a year in savings, according to Mozo research. This means that as a whole, Australians could lose a combined $7.02 billion^ in interest savings a year, or $19 million a day.
There are some things that make the good old days hard to forget - big hair, how far $2 got you at the school canteen, or apparently, being able to afford your first home.