How does your home loan compare?

By: Bishnu Aryal

No change to the cash rate again this month, but lenders’ mortgage rates have been jumping around more than a bunch of toddlers at a Wiggles concert. We reveal...

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Low deposit first home buyers now have $82,000 in equity

By: Bishnu Aryal

First home buyers who bought into the market using the federal government’s 5% deposit scheme have racked up $82,000 in home equity on average, new data shows.

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Help to Buy Scheme set to kick off in 2024

By: Bishnu Aryal

The highly anticipated Help to Buy Scheme will kick off next year, giving more Aussies a chance to score their dream home. Today we’ll unpack how the new federal...

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More Aussies turn to mortgage brokers for a hand managing hikes

By: Bishnu Aryal

An avalanche of rate hikes over the past 18 months has supersized home loan repayments. But savvy homeowners aren’t panicking. In fact, more mortgage holders than ever before are...

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Sneaky rate hikes – is your lender behind them?

By: Bishnu Aryal

The Reserve Bank (RBA) may have kept the cash rate on hold but that hasn’t stopped some lenders from hiking their variable home loan rates. Here’s how borrowers are...

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Has the tide turned? What the RBA rate pause means for homeowners

By: Bishnu Aryal

Mortgage holders rejoice - the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate on hold in August for the second month in a row. So have we finally...

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Why are fixed rates still rising? And when might they drop again?

By: Bishnu Aryal

With plenty of pundits tipping interest rates will start to fall in the next 12 months, we look at why the big banks are hiking their fixed rates –...

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Where homeowners are spending $1 billion a month

By: Bishnu Aryal

Australians are showering their homes with $1 billion worth of love each month as home improvement spending ramps up. We look at the cost of popular renovations – and...

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Could apartment living help you dive into the property market sooner?

By: Bishnu Aryal

Buying a home for the first time can be challenging, especially with house prices soaring in recent years. So could switching from house hunting to unit searching be the...

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Mortgage holders breathe a sigh of relief as RBA puts cash rate on hold

By: Bishnu Aryal

Phew! The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has today decided to put the official cash rate on hold. So is the end of this rate hike cycle finally in...

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