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Brace yourselves: a May rate hike might be coming next week The chances of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifting the official cash rate on Tuesday just increased dramatically after figures...
April 28th -
Attention first home buyers! Price caps increase for 5% deposit scheme Most capital cities will get a $100,000 boost to their property price cap from July 1, while regional areas around the country will get a...
April 21st -
How to avoid becoming a victim of underquoting If it hasn’t happened to you, it’s probably happened to someone you know.
April 14th -
What the!? Tesla came third on the new vehicles sold list? You might have seen an article by us a few weeks back about the sales of electric vehicles (EVs) almost tripling in the past year – from...
April 7th -
How to save a first home deposit in just over a year Real talk: it’s never been tougher to save up a deposit for your first home. In Sydney the average timeframe is 8+ years.
April 7th -
Budget winners: first home buyers, regional buyers, single parents Want to buy your first home with just a 5% deposit and pay no lenders’ mortgage insurance?
March 31st -
How much have car prices gone up since the pandemic began? You’re not imagining things – both new and used vehicle prices have spiked over the past two years (not to mention, house prices...
March 24th -
16 ways the government should tackle housing affordability: report You might have noticed that property prices have skyrocketed over the past 18 months, to the point where a lot of first home buyers are now...
March 24th -
What’s your debt-to-income ratio? And why do lenders care about it? Your debt-to-income (DTI) ratio might sound complicated, but it’s really very simple to work out.
March 17th -
Flood victims can defer loan repayments for up to 3 months Another year, another disaster. In 2019 it was the bushfires.
March 10th -
Which two capital cities might have just hit their property price peak? While national housing prices have increased a staggering 20.6% over the past 12 months, every capital city and broad ‘rest-of-state’...
March 3rd -
Thought about buying an EV? Interest rates for them are dropping According to the latest Electric Vehicle Council data, sales of plug-in EVs almost tripled in the past year – from 6,900 in 2020 to...
February 24th