Annie Kane| Mortgage Business| 25 November 2020 https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/15166-declining-mortgage-rates-expected-to-continue-rba The average mortgage interest rate paid by households is expected to continue to decline “for a while yet”, according to the central bank. Speaking at the Australian…
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Michae Pascoe| The New Daily| 4 November 2020 https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2020/11/04/michael-pascoe-housing-prices/ The first lesson this week was that when offered cheap money, a significant number of Australians will rush to buy residential real estate, recession or not.…
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https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/now-is-the-time-to-buy-stop-renting-property-experts-warn-003604463.html Anastasia Santoreneos| Yahoo Finance| 8 September 2020 Australians in all capital cities, bar Sydney and Melbourne, would be better off buying a home than renting it, new data has revealed. According to Pete Wargent,…
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Thankfully the banks and government appear to have stepped up to the plate – one economist calculates that the total economic stimulus offered by the government is the equivalent of an 11 per cent boost…
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Alfredo R. Paloyo| The Conversation| 6 March 2020 https://theconversation.com/a-toilet-paper-run-is-like-a-bank-run-the-economic-fixes-are-about-the-same-133065 Panic buying knows no borders. Shoppers in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have caught toilet paper fever on the back of the COVID-19…
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Are you one of those people who spend hours online or in stores trying to find the best discount on the latest gadget or fashion item? If the answer is yes and you also have…
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Mortgage Business| 7 November 2019 https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/breaking-news/13974-rates-still-heading-to-0-25-despite-upbeat-rba-rhetoric he Reserve Bank remains on track to cut the cash rate twice in the coming months, despite singing a “more upbeat” tune in its statement on monetary policy, according…
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Mike Bruce| The New Daily| 15 October https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/your-budget/2019/10/15/how-much-you-can-save-switching-loans/ Switching a mortgage from one of the big four banks to the lowest rate on the market will save almost $85,000 over the life of a $400,000…
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Peter Martin| The Conversation| 1 October 2019 https://theconversation.com/0-75-is-a-record-low-but-dont-think-for-a-second-the-reserve-bank-has-finished-cutting-the-cash-rate-124499 Anyone who thought that with the Reserve Bank’s cash rate now close to zero, its run of interest rate cuts was over, needs only to read the…
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Jack Derwin| Business Insider| 12 August 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-rba-is-now-considering-the-drastic-measure-of-negative-interest-rates-meaning-you-could-be-paid-to-borrow-money-from-the-bank-2019-8 Australians could soon be paid to borrow money from banks for the first time in history, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says it’s prepared to…
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