At the December, and last meeting of the year, the RBA Baord has elected to continue holding the offical cash rate at...
Interest Rates Articles
Switch lenders if rate cut is not passed on: RBA
Mortgage holders and business operators are being encouraged by the RBA to switch lenders if their bank doesn’t pass...
RBA Announcement – November 2020
Rates Lowered At its November Board meeting on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced that it was...
Housing market confidence ‘booms’, cash rate cut expected
Consumer sentiment is surging, confidence in the housing market is booming, and the number of experts tipping a...
House prices tipped to surge 15%, RBA hints at cash rate cut
Strap yourself in: Australian house prices are tipped to experience a mild COVID-19 dip before surging 15% over the...
Is now a good time to buy property? Two-thirds of investors say ‘yes’
The majority of property investors are remaining upbeat despite COVID-19, with 67% believing now is a good time to...
Cash rate to remain at record-low level until 2023: experts
Here’s a bit of welcome news for mortgage holders: Australia’s record-low cash rate is likely to remain in place until...
Is now a good time to lock in a fixed rate?
With interest rates at record low levels, today we’ll look at a question that many are asking: should I lock in a...
RBA cuts cash rate to record low amid coronavirus concerns
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a new record low of 0.50% as...
Are you being stung by the loyalty tax?
Once upon a time you were rewarded for loyalty. But borrowers with older mortgages are typically paying a higher...
Why don’t lenders drop my repayments when the interest rate falls?
A question that’s been popping up a bit lately has been ‘why didn’t my lender reduce my repayments when the interest...
Is your interest-only loan about to end?
It’s the end of the road for 900,000 borrowers on interest-only loans, as they’ll be automatically switched to...