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A digital bank has gone live with its lowest ever advtertised rate – and the lowest fixed rate available in Australia, as of 25 January 2020.
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The rate of inflation is expected to have remained extremely benign during the final three months of 2020, suggesting the Reserve Bank will have no need to adju…
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The Reserve Bank has rejected suggestions it should be keeping the heat out of the housing market.
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Uncertainty among buyers has largely dissipated with the latest Finder survey showing that one in five Australians are eager to buy property in the next 12 mont…
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More Australians think now is the right time to buy a new home than at any point since November 2013.
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The Reserve Bank has slashed its official cash rate to a new historic low of 0.1% as it desperately tries to prop up the economy.
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Record low interest and rental vacancy rates has created good conditions for property investors returning to the market in Geelong.
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Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle has stayed clear of discussing interest rates during a speech to a foreign exchange conference.
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Residential sales nationally are outpacing fresh listings of properties for sale as buyers take advantage of low mortgage rates.
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The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate on hold as it waits to see how the economy responds to the federal budget.
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One of Australia’s major banks predicts the Reserve Bank won’t cut interest rates until the Federal Government hands down its budget.
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Two of Australia’s biggest banks have slashed interest rates on a suite of home-loan products in what’s shaping up as the start of a lending war.
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