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Mar 17, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
Owner-occupier rates on the rise

National Australia Bank is the first of the big four banks to raise owner-occupier home-loan rates, lifting the rate by 7 basis points to 5.32 per cent.

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Mar 9, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
Markets
Record low rates no help to housing affordability

Damian Percy, general manager of Adelaide Bank, says affordability won't improve while there is an unwillingness to "confront" voters who are "enjoying structural advantages that continue to keep a fire under house prices".

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Mar 8, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
People
Mortgage Brokers
Women must improve financial literacy to shoulder hard times, survey shows

On International Women's Day, a new survey shows many women lack the financial literacy to cope with a major set-back, such as the loss of a job or a divorce. We look at how women can educate themselves, and prepare, just in case things do get tough one day.

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Mar 7, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
Lending
So, you want to become a property investor?

Here are some tips to consider before taking the plunge, from financial products and services provider, Liberty.

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Mar 6, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
Stamp Duty
Tax
Politics
Government
Victorian government steps in to help first-home buyers

The Andrews Labor government has introduced a raft of measures to help first-home buyers, including scaling back stamp duty, and eliminating it for buyers of properties worth less than $600,000, introducing equity sharing, and adding incentives for buyers in regional Victoria.

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Feb 17, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
Lending
Other lenders fill the gap as big four clamp down on foreign borrowers

Though the big four banks have clamped down on lending to foreign nationals, other lenders have moved to fill the gap, and the share of properties bought by foreign nationals in the Australian market ticked higher at the end of 2016.

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Feb 15, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
Lending
CBA tightens reins further on home lending

The Commonwealth Bank has announced it will lift rates on its interest-only home loans.

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Feb 8, 2017
The Economy
Reserve Bank
Mortgages
Stamp Duty
Rates on hold, but housing affordability remains 'hotly debated'

The Reserve Bank has left interest rates at historic lows as economic conditions improve, but the property industry says other measures are required to improve housing affordability.

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Feb 1, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
Aussies are fixing their mortgage rates

The looming threat of higher interest rates is prompting more mortgage holders to fix rates, says John Flavell of Mortgage Choice.

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Jan 17, 2017
The Economy
Mortgages
More Australians lumped with mortgage later in life

Because they are delaying the purchase of their first home, more Australians will have a mortgage later in life, according to The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.

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