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Why most first home buyers aren’t getting the lowest interest rates
As interest rates rise, banks are competing harder for borrowers who have a big deposit or plenty of equity in their homes.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Opinion
Home loans
The two major mistakes to avoid when refinancing your home
As Tuesday heralded our seventh rate rise in a row, mortgage refinancing has almost become a full-on frenzy. Here are two traps to avoid.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Analysis
Interest rates
Funds giant warns COVID property price gains likely to be ‘erased’
The early phase of the pandemic saw property prices surge, but those gains could evaporate as higher interest rates flow through to highly indebted mortgage holders.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Home loans
Want to save up to $380,000 on your home purchase cost? Here’s how
Aspiring homeowners could save as much as $380,000 by using the government’s new help-to-buy scheme.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Home loans
Last week I fixed half my home loan. Here are the tricks you should know
Fixing a home loan can have its benefits as interest rates rise. But there’s some fine print all borrowers should know.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Home loans
This is how high mortgage repayments could go for every loan size
The $64,000 question then – more like the $640,000 question based on the average national loan size – is: just how high could your mortgage repayments go?
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Home loans
Help! I feel like I’m in a ‘mortgage prison’ – how can I get out of it?
Trapped, teetering or in real trouble, there are things mortgage holders can do.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Home loans
Why the RBA shouldn’t simply follow the Fed
Interest rate rises pack a bigger punch in Australia, so the RBA does not need to raise rates as steeply as central banks overseas.
- by Clancy Yeates
Analysis
Interest rates
Looming rate rises could push one-in-four into mortgage stress
Modelling suggests that further interest rate rises will really tighten the screws on mortgage holders.
- by John Collett