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'Best-interest duty' turns up heat on mortgage brokers
Brokers should be required to provide reasons for their recommendations in writing, say consumer groups
- by John Collett
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First-home buyers
The great Australian betrayal (we used to call it the dream)
Decades of systematic policy failure have left too many Australians with no hope of owning their own home.
- by Jessica Irvine
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Editorial
There's no easy solution to our love affair with debt
We can't rely on the Reserve Bank to stop a dangerous build-up in debt and home prices. Other policymakers must come to the party.
- The Herald's View
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How to use the bank’s money to save on your mortgage
If you clear your credit-card balance in full each month, you shouldn’t be paying a cent in interest.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Home loans
Four simple steps to help you find the best mortgage deal
Here’s how to check if you save the maximum possible interest on your path to becoming mortgage free
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon