You would be hard pressed to have missed the overwhelming narrative of ongoing rate hikes from a swathe of home loan lenders over the last two months, so today’s announcement from ANZ has certainly caught many by surprise.
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Over the month of July, we’ve seen a domino effect of home loan lenders hiking variable rates to cope with mounting funding pressure.
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Hikes, hikes, hikes. Many Aussie homeowners will have heard little else since the start of winter, but online lender UBank has well and truly broken ranks with many other lenders following today’s announcement of a cut to its UHomeLoan offer.
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AMP has today hiked home loan interest rates for both owner-occupiers and investors, joining a rising trend of lenders lifting borrowing rates in response to funding pressures.
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While many Aussies may already have begun changing their spending habits to keep up with their rising home loan repayments, experts are now predicting that this could be just the tip of the iceberg for homeowners.
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It’s not uncommon for the average Aussie household to feel financial strain, but according to new research by Digital Finance Analytics, ‘mortgage stress’ is at a record high.
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The new financial year is here, and it's a great time to resolve to save money on your home loan as it's brought with it a frenzy of discounted home loan specials offering rate discounts, fee waivers, cash back and other rewards.
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The Reserve Bank is expected to keep the cash rate on hold again today, but mortgage lenders are bumping up rates for Aussie borrowers anyway and the big banks are expected to follow.
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It’s hard to believe that the sixth RBA board meeting of the year is almost here, but while all eyes will be on Governor Philip Lowe’s statement at 2:30pm on Tuesday, another likely rate hold will mean that attention soon shifts back to where the real rate movement lies - in the home loan market.
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Property ownership can often seem like an uphill battle for many Aussies, but recent figures by Westpac show that the market doesn’t seem to be slowing prospective first home buyers down.
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