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Mutual slashes variable rates
17 June 2019
Teachers Mutual Bank

Teachers Mutual Bank has dropped its variable mortgage rates, becoming the latest lender to cut its rates following the RBA’s rate move. 

Consumers more pessimistic despite RBA rate cut
14 June 2019
Westpac

Consumers are more pessimistic about the economy following the Reserve Bank’s rate cut in June, according to new survey results.

Home price slide slowing in most expensive locations
14 June 2019
Aerial shot of luxury properties

The upper quartile of the housing market has suffered the sharpest declines in dwelling values, but according to CoreLogic, prices in that segment are slowly returning to equilibrium.

TMB expands home loan offering to investors
14 June 2019
Teachers Mutual Bank

The mutual bank has announced the introduction of a new investment home loan product.

A third of Aussies looking to buy a home this year
13 June 2019
House

More than a third of Australians plan on purchasing a home this year, new ME research has found.

Credit card debt falls to 11-year low
13 June 2019
Credit cards

Debt accruing interest on personal credit cards have fallen to its lowest figure since 2007, new RBA data has revealed.

Median house prices ‘treble’ over past two decades
12 June 2019
Suburbs

Over the past 20 years, dwelling values have tripled in value across 111 locations in both capital city and regional markets, new research has revealed.

UNSW researchers to study reverse mortgages
12 June 2019
UNSW Business school

Reverse mortgages will be put under the microscope by UNSW Business School researchers looking to understand the reasons for their low uptake.

HIA names new national president
12 June 2019
Simon Norris

Simon Norris has been elected as the Housing Industry Association’s new national president.

Board and CEO salaries on the chopping block
10 June 2019
Australian money

The pay packages of senior officials in the finance sector has shrunk noticeably in 2019, following royal commission scrutiny, according to new Governance Institute figures.