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The rise in interest rates is more severe for current home buyers than in the past due to high property prices.
INTEREST RATES
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While the cost of living is rocketing skyward, house prices have gone into reverse - dropping for the first time in two years.
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Property prices in most Australian cities are expected to fall by double-digit figures after the Reserve Bank of Australia hit the interest rate brakes.
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The Reserve Bank has announced the biggest single rise in the cash rate in 22 years.
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Australian families are being stretched to the limit as cost of living pressures skyrocket but according to one bank boss, it’s no big deal.
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Overheated wages and spending data has convinced ANZ economists next week’s interest rate rise will be far stronger than initially forecast.
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Homebuyers could find it even harder to get a loan as rising interest rates prompt Australia’s major banks to tighten their lending standards.
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One group of Australians could be hundreds of dollars out of pocket by the end of the year, as the nation’s financial crisis really starts to bite.
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Minutes from the Reserve Bank's last meeting show borrowers may only have narrowly escaped a bigger rate rise and should brace for the chance of a super-sized m…
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Prospective first home buyers’ relief in seeing property prices fall could be short-lived as higher interest rates reduce the amount they can borrow.
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Given the modest estimate of living expenses loan assessors usually apply, things could be about to get tight for many borrowers.
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All of the big four banks have announced they will be passing on the cash rate increase in full to variable rate home loan customers.
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