Posts tagged "mortgage rates"

The latest 0.25 percentage point rise adds $90 a month to a $600,000 variable mortgage.

Low-income Australians can't do a thing about inflation, but they'll have to wear the cost of dealing with it.

Why did the Reserve Bank just hike its cash rate by an out-sized 0.50 percentage points for the third consecutive month, taking it to 1.85%? Partly because it knows what is to come.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is predicted to announce an interest rate rise of 0.25% to 0.5% today, which could take the cash rate to 1.85%.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will lift its cash rate target by 25 basis points to 0.35%, marking its first rate hike in more than a decade.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has claimed the Coalition’s paid parental leave scheme would cause variable mortgage rates to rise. Swan quo…

Business borrowers are expected to benefit as lenders get serious about improving the competitiveness of their pricing, according to a finan…

After falling 6% from their peak, average capital city house prices seem to be on the way back up again in Australia. The slump in mortgage …

Westpac’s decision to increase the interest rate on its fixed rate mortgages has again widened the gap between fixed and variable rates and …