Are you one of the estimated 800,000 Australians soon coming off a low, fixed-rate home loan, meaning a higher, variable rate is in your near future? We speak to a couple who found themselves looking down the barrel of this situation, bringing with it significant levels of mortgage stress. A…
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Congrats to our May Winner – Madushika wins a $500 Good Guys gift voucher! We appreciate your feedback, that’s why each month we give our customers who have recently settled a loan the chance to go in the competition to win a small thank-you gift. This month’s winner is Madushika,…
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Following a pause last month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today decided to increase the official cash rate by 0.25% to 3.85%. Whilst headline inflation eased to 7% during the March quarter, it remains well beyond the RBA’s target range of 2-3%.
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Congrats to our April Winner – Sean wins a $500 Bunnings voucher! We appreciate your feedback, that’s why each month we give our customers who have recently settled a loan the chance to go in the competition to win a small thank-you gift. This month’s winner is Sean, and he’s…
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Following ten consecutive rate rises, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today decided to hold the official cash rate at 3.60%. Today's decision was spurred by turmoil in global banking markets and the monthly CPI indicator showing local inflation had eased last month.
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Congrats to our March Winner – Andrew wins a $500 Bunnings voucher! We appreciate your feedback, that’s why each month we give our customers who have recently settled a loan the chance to go in the competition to win a small thank-you gift. This month’s winner is Andrew, and he’s…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today decided to increase the official cash rate for the tenth consecutive time, this time by 0.25% to 3.60%. Despite a slightly lower inflation figure of 7.4% in January, stronger than expected January retail sales have encouraged the RBA to remain on the increase…
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Feed your brain, feed the world Freerice is an online educational trivia game that makes you smarter while you make a difference. For every answer you get right on the multiple-choice quiz, Freerice donates the cash equivalent of ten grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).…
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2023 will ring in changes to stamp duty and home-buyer schemes around the country. Here’s a quick fly-over of shifts at national and State level set to kick in this year. NATIONAL Help to Buy The Albanese Government’s flagship housing policy Help to Buy is expected to launch in July this…
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The lowdown on what people are really looking at when they wander through your home. If you’ve ever spent hours agonising over a light fitting, only to wonder if anyone other than you will notice it, listen up. Here’s just the study for you. Researchers have used eye-tracking technology to…
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