For many people the great Australian dream may seem out of reach. But Barefoot Investor Scott Pape says you can buy your own home, you just need a plan.
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If interest rates increase by 1% in a year, loan repayments on the average mortgage will go up by $2444. Here's how to protect yourself against a rate rise.
As widely expected, the RBA kept the cash rate on hold today at the record low setting of 1.5%. While a broad range of economic factors would have been discussed at the meeting, the housing market would have been front and centre in the conversation.
Commonwealth Bank, Australia's largest mortgage lender, has raised interest rates on fixed-rate investment home loans. Which other banks have followed suit?
Alita and her husband want to move into a bigger home but are torn between saving hard for another year and making the move, or paying off their current home first. Paul Clitheroe says the answer lies in Australia's population growth.
The Reserve Bank of Australia seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place, today announcing it has left the cash rate on hold at the record low setting of 1.5% in a widely anticipated decision.
NAB and Westpac have jacked up owner-occupier and investor home loan rates, and we can safely predict Commonwealth Bank and ANZ will follow suit. But there is one bright spot for borrowers.
CBA will suspend new lending for investors looking to refinance as part of a crackdown on investor lending, believed to be behind housing's rapid growth.
As widely expected we have just seen the Fed move again - raising its Federal Funds target interest rate to the range of 0.5-0.75%. What does this mean?
For Australian property, the renewed 'reflation' tone globally likely means the RBA will not need to lower official interest rates again.
