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Mortgage warning: 8 per cent is the new 17 per cent

Mortgage warning: 8 per cent is the new 17 per cent

At 8 per cent, mortgage repayments would grow to consume 44 per cent of our incomes.

  • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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We're becoming smarter – and tighter – with credit cards

We're becoming smarter – and tighter – with credit cards

There are signs that we're collectively smarter users of credit than we tend to give ourselves credit for.

  • by Michael Pascoe
Strategies for home owners in the low-interest era

Strategies for home owners in the low-interest era

The Reserve Bank suggested this week interest rates could more than double in the next few years.

  • by Mark Bouris
Do the sums before you sign up to a reverse mortgage

Do the sums before you sign up to a reverse mortgage

The property boom of the past few decades means that many Australians retire asset rich, but cash poor.

  • by Sylvia Pennington
Know the score: what the new credit reporting system means for you

Know the score: what the new credit reporting system means for you

A warts and all approach to credit history is being phased in, and it could have major ramifications for Australian borrowers.

  • by Nina Hendy
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