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RBA Interest Rate Decision – August 2018

At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. Here are Phillip Lowe‘s comments with respect to the Australian housing market. The latest inflation data were in line with the Bank’s expectations. Over the past year, the CPI increased by 2.1 per cent, and in underlying terms, inflation was [ Read More ]

It is time to switch to a fixed rate home loan?

Anyone thinking about locking into fixed rate loan will generally spend a little time considering the future movement of interest rates. Here we share some tools that can provide some insight into what interest rates are expected to do over the short-medium term.   Cash Rate Futures Yield Curve The Cash Rate Futures Yield Curve [ Read More ]

Is your home loan rate about to increase?

If you’ve owned a house for a few years, you’re probably familiar with the way things used to be with interest rates. The RBA would meet on the first Tuesday of each month to make a decision about the cash rate. The Board would announce their decision and homeowners would sit with baited breath, waiting [ Read More ]

RBA Interest Rate Decision – July 2018

At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. Here are Phillip Lowe‘s comments with respect to the Australian housing market. Inflation is low and is likely to remain so for some time, reflecting low growth in labour costs and strong competition in retailing. A gradual pick-up [ Read More ]

Why is a lender asking so many questions about my personal situation?

The lender is asking for WHAT…. ? Long gone are the days where you give the lender a Group Certificate, sign a declaration to say you can afford the loan and walk out with half a million dollars. With the amount of documentation you need to provide to a lender these days, you’d be forgiven [ Read More ]

It’s time to stop hitting the snooze button on your Interest Only loans

Are you someone who delays the inevitable, pressing the snooze button just one more time to get an extra few minutes sleep in the morning? And then once you’re finally up, you’re against the clock to get out the door in time? You’re not the only one. Knowing your Interest Only (I/O) loans are set [ Read More ]

RBA Interest Rate Decision – June 2018

At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. Here are Phillip Lowe‘s comments with respect to the Australian housing market. Inflation is low and is likely to remain so for some time, reflecting low growth in labour costs and strong competition in retailing. A gradual pick-up [ Read More ]

2017/18 Canberra Property Report – Find it here

What questions should I ask the Real Estate Agent?

You’ve been house hunting for what seems like months (because, well it HAS been months) and you’ve have finally found “the one.” It has the open plan kitchen you want, the separate living space for you to relax without being surrounded by kids toys and a lovely patch of lawn that you know won’t stay [ Read More ]

RBA Interest Rate Decision – May 2018

At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent. Here are Phillip Lowe‘s comments with respect to the Australian housing market. The housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne have slowed. Nationwide measures of housing prices are little changed over the past six months, with prices having recorded [ Read More ]