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Home & Investment Loans | 23rd April 2025
How prices, rents and rates have changed over the past five years

Five years on from the start of the covid-19 pandemic, the property market is in a very different ...

Home & Investment Loans | 16th April 2025
Banks offering special deals to certain professionals

Good news if you’re a professional or essential worker – some lenders offer LMI waivers to ...

Home & Investment Loans | 9th April 2025
Building approvals hit two-year high

Homebuilding approvals are heading in the right direction, opening up the possibility of more ...

Home & Investment Loans | 1st April 2025
RBA Keeps Cash Rate at 4.10%

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the cash rate unchanged at 4.10% at its second monetary ...

Home & Investment Loans | 26th March 2025
Research exposes big gap between average and lowest variable rates

The gap between the average variable interest rate and lowest variable rate on our comparison ...

Home & Investment Loans | 11th March 2025
More consumers using loans to purchase cars, holidays & whitegoods

There was a sharp rise in the number of consumers taking out car loans in 2024, as motorists ...

Home & Investment Loans | 5th March 2025
Govt plans to relax home loan rules for younger borrowers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has instructed financial regulators to make it easier for Australians with ...

Home & Investment Loans | 28th February 2025
Property Market predicted to favour buyers in 2025

Australia’s median property price fell by 0.1% in December, after 22 consecutive months of ...

Home & Investment Loans | 25th February 2025
Foreign Investor Framework gets tightened

The federal government has announced plans to ban foreign investors from buying established homes ...

Home & Investment Loans | 24th February 2025
Five deposit strategies to consider as loan sizes rise higher

Owner-occupiers are stepping up in the property market as investors are stepping down, according ...

Home & Investment Loans | 19th February 2025
RBA reduces cash rate to 4.10%

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reduced the official interest rate by 25 basis points to ...

Home & Investment Loans | 19th February 2025
List of First Home Buyer Grants in 2025

Getting on the property ladder is challenging, but it might be easier than you think thanks to a ...

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