Australia’s overall financial comfort may be improving, but that doesn’t mean Aussies are ready to give up on stashing money away like doomsday is just around the corner.
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As the reporting embargo was lifted and our news feeds came to life at 4:30pm on Monday afternoon, it’s fair to say many observers would have greeted the recommendations released in the Royal Commission’s Final Report into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry with disappointment.
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Gateway Bank has released their latest Mortgage Holders’ Sentiment Report, and it looks like Aussies never tire in their search for better rates.
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The Banking Royal Commission is finally drawing to a close, and to say events of the past year have shaken up the banking world would be an understatement.
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Online lender ING has become the latest bank to lift its variable home loan rates following an announcement earlier today.
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If you’re planning to break into the property market for the first time this year, you probably already know that saving up a lump sum deposit can be a case of “easier said than done.”
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Could the future of Aussie home loans be online? With the average rates for online home loans being a significant 0.22% lower than the Big Four banks, more Aussies than ever are starting to make the switch to the online home loan market. At this stage the Big Four banks have still maintained their hold on 80% of the residential loan market, with current online lender trends starting to peak, this is likely to change.
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If you’re looking to refinance your home loan this year, the odds are stacked against you. There are a few factors at play making loan approval tricky. Firstly, in the wake of the banking royal commission, banks have cut back on their lending and are subjecting customers to greater levels of scrutiny, affecting new and refinancing borrowers.
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After being the only big 4 bank to resist a rate hike in September, NAB has today announced a home loan rate rise for both owner occupiers and investor home loans on the Tailored Home Loan.
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To fix or not to fix that is the question - or at least it’s the question on the mind of both current and prospective Aussie homeowners.
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