Home Loans & Mortgages

EXTRA rules imposed by local councils such as those on increased ceiling heights and noise protection can add as much as 14 per cent to home building costs.

Tenants that rent homes across Australia look set for a short-term reprieve from rising rental prices, with analysts expecting landlords to pass on the benefits of home loan interest rate cuts.

The St George Bank, a regional Australian home loan lender, has it hands full with industrial relations trouble on its moves to sack local workers and outsource the work to low cost overseas workers. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) have had a meeting with St George Bank management , after staff who are being made redundant refused to train [...]

When the RBA lifted interest rates in November last year I said at the time that it was one rate rise too many. The RBA was at the time focused more on getting Interest rates to “normal levels”, when we are not in normal times Since then many people have agreed with me, including members [...]

The Reserve Bank is ready to pull the trigger on interest rates. Inflation is getting a bit on the high side and unemployment looks like falling even lower, so the RBA will feel compelled to raise rates. However if the CBA and other baks follow suit, then they will have done the RBA’s job, and official rates could remain as they are for now.