Australians with a mortgage appear to be increasingly turning towards offset accounts not only to save money on their loans, but to better manage their finances.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called on the bank regulator to loosen its lending rules to make it easier for the Australians with student debt to take out a home loan.
"I have recently had to stop work because of a disability and I have now started to struggle financially for the first time because of this," Kris tells Paul Clitheroe.
Graham Cooke fixed his home loan rate at 1.89% back in 2021, until it expired this month. "Overnight, I felt the full force of 13 consecutive cash rate hikes."
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