Money
Borrowing
Best mortgage interest rates for owner-occupiers
There are now almost 200 home loans with interest rates of less than 2 per cent – and all sorts of incentives to try and tempt you to switch mortgage providers.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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Opinion
Home loans
My tips to easily slash the interest on your mortgage
It is well worth your precious time to adopt these simple strategies to set you up for a mortgage-free financial future.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Homebuyers load up on debt as rate rise gets closer
Mortgage holders should start getting ahead on their mortgage repayments before interest rates start to rise
- by John Collett
Opinion
Property market
Is housing still affordable? The numbers tell the real story
Since the March quarter of 1980, national capital city dwelling prices have risen 11-fold, while the price of everything else has risen by about 4.7 times.
- by Alex Joiner
Analysis
Home loans
Super-low fixed rate mortgage party looks over
Australia’s biggest banks are expecting a rise in their cost of funding within the next two years.
- by John Collett
Analysis
Home loans
High-debt borrowers in regulatory crosshairs
The financial regulators are reaching into a toolkit that can have a powerful impact on the biggest asset class in Australia: the $9 trillion housing market.
- by Clancy Yeates
Opinion
Home loans
The lenders who pay mortgage insurance for you
There is a new battleground in the bid to attract new mortgage customers in a fiercely competitive home loan market: Covering the cost of Lenders’ Mortgage Insurance.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Analysis
Home loans
Lenders battle for market share amid record refinancings
Competition among lenders is tilting towards variable rates, though there are still some very competitive one and two-year fixed rates.
- by John Collett