How will your budget be affected by the big bank rate rise?
In case you’ve missed it, the big banks haven’t exactly been generous with their home loan rates lately. NAB and Westpac have already raised rates by as much as 0.28%, and experts are tipping that similar hikes from the remaining major banks won’t be far away.
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Selling and buying tips from the property experts
The only thing hotter than the weather recently is the Australian housing market - no matter which side of a sale you’re on. Sellers are eager to cash in on booming house prices, while buyers are searching for their new dream home.
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Build a home loan buffer to protect yourself from rising rates
Over the last few months, we've seen everyone from the big banks through to the smaller credit unions lift their home loan rates. Now with a large number of industry expects tipping the RBA will raise rates by 25 basis points at least twice this year, the low interest rate market we've enjoyed in recent years could be officially coming to an end.
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Home loan help: What parents need to know about going guarantor on a mortgage
House prices have become incredibly steep across Australia, making it more difficult for younger Australians to become first home buyers.
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Why lenders mortgage insurance should be transferable
Something’s been bothering me lately – lender’s mortgage insurance, and what it’s costing young Aussie homebuyers.
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How to haggle on your home loan
Your home is one of the biggest purchases you’ll ever make - so it makes sense that you'd want to try and haggle a better deal on your home loan?
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10 biggest property turnoffs and how to fix them
You want to do everything you can to help your home sell for a high price, right? Well, you can put the demolition tools down and take a step back from the bathroom remodel.
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Spring buyers and sellers, here’s your ultimate home loan checklist
If you’re anything like the property obsessed peeps here at Mozo, then you’ve probably been hanging out for the property selling and buying season for some time now.
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What spring has in store for the Australian property market
Spring is shaping up to be a bumper season for the property market, and with interest rates low and staying there, I caught up with Mozo’s resident property guru Steve Jovcevski to find out what the rest of 2016 has in store for prospective home buyers.
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The RBA dust settles...Top home loan deals available now
The big news this month was the Reserve Bank slashing the official cash rate to 1.50%. Understandably, Aussies with a home loan or looking for one were stoked. I mean, hey it’s the first time the rate has ever been this low in the last 50 years, so it’s cause for celebration.
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