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- NAB follows Westpac in hiking interest-only rates
- Capital city house price boom rubs off on regions
- Home building activity set to fall
- Westpac hikes up interest-only home loan rates
- Most Aussies feel homeownership is out of reach
- NAB warns about property price growth
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #27: REA Group Chief Economist Nerida Conisbee schools us on housing affordability
- Safe As Houses: 225 Murray Street, Rockhampton
- Commonwealth Bank tightens criteria for home loan borrowers
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #26: Graham Cooke teaches us how to get a job
- How to break into the property market: Get real!
- Safe As Houses: 7 Bosisto Street, Richmond
- Uptick in affordability fails to woo first home buyers
- FULL LIST: Sydney suburbs where you won’t pay NSW stamp duty
- Housing slowdown eats into GDP
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #25: Kathryn Drew from American Express helps us understand rewards points
- Real estate listings creep up in May
- All of June’s out-of-cycle home loan rate changes
- RBA remains on sidelines at June 2017 cash rate meeting
- Priced out of Australia, Gen Y homebuyers look abroad
- Borrowers anticipate rate hikes on horizon
- Safe As Houses: 232 Morgan Lane, Broken Hill
- What the NSW Government’s housing affordability package means for you
- Property prices fall in May
- NSW Government to hike foreign investors tax
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #24: Kerena Berry from Designbx teaches us how to revamp rooms on the cheap
- Aussie homebuyers forking out bigger deposits
- The average mortgage now costs eight times your annual salary
- Building approvals sustain growth in April
- Want to buy a “cheap” house in Sydney? You’ll need $60K
- Australia’s property growth areas revealed
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #23: Spotcap’s Lachlan Heussler on the future of finance, the Budget and small business
- Safe As Houses: 6 Broadway Street, Red Hill
- Australian rent repayments similar to home loans
- First home buyers trickling back into the market
- Property investor demand waning
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #22: Al Bentley from Simply Wall St takes the terror out of shares, and we introduce The Thunderdome
- Aussies choosing to stay put and renovate
- Safe As Houses: 22 Waranga Avenue, Mount Austin
- Western Australia to cut off home loan help
- Your home loan is 14 times more likely to be from a bank
- Westpac clamps down on interest-only loans
- ANZ clamps down on interest-only loans
- Changes to negative gearing could hurt investor demand
- Home loan values take a dive in March
- UBank launches Australia’s first artificial intelligence chatbot for Home Loans
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #21: Angus helps you unravel the 2017 Budget
- Housing supply on the rise across Australia
- Safe As Houses: 2 Grays Road, Hamilton
- Sydney housing affordability: why it’s so bad and one way to fix it
- Money Hack: Invest in property on the cheap
- Budget 2017: What it means for the housing market
- Budget 2017: How will it help first home buyers?
- Budget 2017: Foreign property buyers squeezed
- Building approvals on the rise in March
- Housing affordability a continuing struggle for Aussies
- Australians are realising why comparing home loans matters
- Aussies think home ownership is out of reach
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #20: Bosco Tan helps you get control of your spending
- Safe As Houses: O’Meara farm, Pittong
- RBA’s Lowe warns on high debt, house prices
- Home listings take a tumble
- Home loan interest rate changes for May 2017
- Government ready to take action on housing
- Reserve Bank holds fire in May 2017 cash rate call
- Foreign property investors to face “ghost house tax”
- Home values stall
- Australian property month in review: April 2017
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #19: Taj Singh takes on your first home buyer fears
- ANZ deals simultaneous rate hikes and cuts
- Low-income households struggle to find a home
- Fastest selling suburbs revealed
- Safe As Houses: 108 Anzac Terrace, Bassendean
- How changes to the 457 visa could affect your home loan application
- Sydney and Melbourne housing markets may have hit their peak
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #18: The Property Couch’s Ben Kingsley answers your investment questions
- Safe as Houses: 29 Macquarie Street, Tamworth
- Rents to rise as vacancy rates fall
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #17: Runaway seafood dinners and online shopping hacks
- Low-income Australians turn to negative gearing
- Unit construction outpacing house building
- The Coalition can’t decide if using super for a deposit is a good option
- Young people who want to buy property are “selfish”, says Hinch
- Building activity sinks lower in December
- Australia’s real estate industry warns against unnecessary interest-only crackdown
- Safe as Houses: 139 Kippax Street, Surry Hills
- Regulator action on house prices “overblown”
- NAB offers rewards points for new home loans
- Home loan values keep rising in February
- Rate hikes could put off first home buyers
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #16: Violent Easter egg hunts and rewards points deals
- Three charts that show mortgage stress isn’t as bad as you think
- Money Hack: This home loan gives you enough Velocity points to get to Abu Dhabi and back
- Lowe calls for more action to increase housing supply
- Reserve Bank stays hand in April 2017 cash rate decision
- Home loan interest rate changes for April 2017
- Murray calls on government to consider changes to negative gearing
- ASIC keeps a watchful eye on interest-only lending practices
- Building approvals bounce back in February
- Deloitte predicts more housing affordability concerns this year
- Experts believe funding first home purchases with super is “irresponsible”
- House prices growing at lightning pace
- Banks put on notice over interest-only home loans
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #15: Wi-Fi frights and Amazon wars
- Safe as Houses: 59 Douglas Street, Redfern
- Home sales stalled, but WA and Victoria saw growth
- Home loan rate changes and product updates: March 2017
- Australia’s property boom pales in comparison to the previous decade
- Australian property month in review: March 2017
- Off-the-plan apartments are not bringing high returns
- Some likely and not-so-likely housing affordability fixes
- Regional council tops house price growth over last 20 years
- More lenders make moves on home loan rates
- Sydney auctions hit a high
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #14 – Divorce and finances, difficult apartment dwellers and denim indecision
- NSW property developments will soon be approved quicker
- New home loan rate changes for March 2017 [updated]
- ANZ lifting interest-only, investor rates
- Mining states hit hardest by mortgage delinquencies
- Why ANZ can’t vary home loan pricing
- Safe as Houses: 212 Evans Street, Rozelle
- How does property stack up to other asset classes?
- Mortgage Ezy steps in for foreign buyers
- The Gatwick Hotel will become home to The Block 2018
- Rental market getting more competitive
- NAB tightens its lending criteria for Australians
- House prices continue their climb
- The Block 2017 finds a home and a start date
- Rent-to-buy, shared equity could be among NSW Government housing initiatives
- Two of the Big Four have increased home loan rates
- Property investor activity still surging
- Investors set to be hit by more regulations and rate rises
- Safe as Houses: 428 Crown St, Surry Hills
- The Block plot thickens as infamous St Kilda hotel back in the running
- CBA tightens the reins on investor lending
- Sharp rate hikes could spell trouble for housing
- Real estate industry: Airbnb idea has been “tried before and failed”
- Landlords must be savvy in saturated rental market
- Scott Morrison hints at budget initiatives for home buyers
- The Block 2017 location revealed?
- Apartments being bought for Airbnb use, claims MP
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #13 – BRICKX CEO Anthony Millet, controversial housing forecasts and vengeful ghosts
- Government tackling housing affordability with new taskforce
- Safe as Houses: 1/8 Beach Avenue, Elwood
- Longer leases are coming to NSW and Victoria
- No apartment bubble on the horizon, says Westpac chief
- RBA keeps cash rate on hold but lenders are still changing rates
- Money Hack: Pay more often to repay a loan faster
- RBA passes the buck on cooling house prices
- Savings institutions continue to lower interest rates despite RBA rate hold
- RBA’s March 2017 meeting yields no movement
- Victorian government moves its focus to property investors
- New Victorian government initiatives for first home buyers
- Likely Fed hike opens door for RBA rate rises
- Home loan rate changes and product updates: February 2017
- Victorian government offers increased FHOG for regional areas
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #12 – Mobile trends, a Vegemite economy and pizza shoes
- OECD warns of economic downturn tipped by housing prices
- Safe as Houses: 94 Marine Parade, Maroubra
- Building approvals stay down in January
- ASIC takes Westpac to task over home loan assessments
- Why home loans without a deposit won’t happen
- Why banks are cracking down on investors and what you can do
- Melbourne, Hobart asking prices still rising while Sydney stalls
- Property growth still driven by Sydney and Melbourne
- Australian property month in review: February 2017
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #11 – Frequent Flyer hacks and cheap wedding hacks part 2
- Welfare group calls for cuts to property investor tax breaks
- WA to offer stamp duty concession for over 65′s
- Safe as Houses: 589 Swanston Street, Carlton
- Property value and mortgage finance still growing for December quarter
- Eight celebs who are property investment wizards (and three who suck at it)
- High household debt poses economic risk
- Vacancy rates halt their climb
- Sydney has the 10th-highest rents in the world
- Auction market heating up
- Westpac tightens rules for off-the-plan purchases
- Capital gains tax changes could still hit investors
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #10 – How to beat uber surge pricing and wedding traditions
- RBA tells first home buyers: forget about living in your own place
- Safe as Houses: 14 Pindari Avenue, Mosman
- The best countries for first home buyers
- Consumers expect higher house prices, rates in 2017
- Land sales and prices are still rising across Australia
- Commonwealth Bank lifts rates while Macquarie ups scrutiny
- What do lenders think is high risk when considering your home loan?
- Melbourne properties selling fast
- Regulators urged to put the brakes on investment lending
- Safe as Houses: Vollmer farm, Antwerp, Victoria
- Housing unaffordability? Australia ranks ninth in the world
- Home loan values continue to grow in December
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #9 – Cheap travel tips with Steph
- Property or wedding ring? How Australian men and women differ
- CBA follows Bankwest in pulling investor loans from new customers
- Average interest rates higher in some suburbs
- 85% of Australians don’t know their home loan interest rate
- Bankwest pulls investor loans from brokers for new customers
- RBA starts 2017 with February cash rate hold
- Million-dollar suburbs becoming the norm
- How much do schools boost your home’s value?
- Low supply and high demand pushing apartment prices up
- Don’t expect more rate cuts, economist says
- Home loan rate changes and updates: January 2017
- Safe as Houses: 5 Hopetoun Street, Dubbo
- Buildings approvals shrink again in December
- NAB offers cashback incentive to woo new home loan customers
- Bankwest refunds $5 million in false interest
- Spectre of rate hikes sees more borrowers fix
- Gateway Credit Union offers kids saving bonus for home loans customers
- Property prices are still rising in Australia’s capitals
- Property investors are satisfied customers: survey
- Westpac tightens home loans deposit loophole
- More home sellers losing money
- Australian property month in review: January 2017
- How are other countries dealing with housing affordability?
- Mixed returns for investors in Australia’s capital cities
- The 10 least affordable cities for housing
- China cracks down but investors still look to Australia for real estate
- Safe as Houses: 395 St Kilda Street, Brighton
- November sees strong rise for new home sales
- NAB backflip on apartment size leads to $41,000 loss for first home buyer
- Apartment oversupply still plaguing Brisbane
- Fitch revised forecast could lead to tighter home loan regulations
- Building activity takes a dive in September
- Millenials more likely to invest a windfall in property
- Home loan values bounce back in November
- NAB changes fixed rates for home loans
- Homes listed for auction down 50% on last year
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #8 – CES 2017 and affordable gadgets with Alex Kidman
- New home loan rate changes for Jan-Feb 2017
- Safe as Houses: 197 Arthur Street, Grafton
- Property market confidence highest in two years
- Fed hike could see RBA follow suit in 2017
- Home building approvals see rebound
- Aussies pouring money into renovations
- The Block 2017 auditions: seeking contestants, sets recording dates
- Residential building declining
- Building approvals fall for sixth straight month
- NSW makes plans to speed housing approvals
- Safe as Houses: 15 Deanswood Road, Forest Hill
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #7 – Christmas debt tips and foul-mouthed Hatchimals with Sally
- New year, new home loan rate hikes
- House prices won’t slow down until 2018
- Housing loans rise again in November
- What will happen to interest rates in 2017?
- House prices boomed in 2016
- 2016 in review: what happened to the Australian property market?
- NSW residents worried about housing
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #6 – Apple Pay with Angus
- First home buyers locked out by high deposits
- Sydney unaffordable despite home building boom
- Saving 20% deposit in Sydney requires nearly two years’ income
- Bankwest offers home loan discounted against major banks
- Safe as Houses: 66 Renwick Street, Redfern
- Government urged to address Gen Y housing concerns
- Housing affordability inquiry makes zero recommendations
- Non-major market share surges with refinancers
- Gen Y becoming “rentvesters” rather than first-time home buyers
- Home loan rates rise: Bendigo and Adelaide starting a trend?
- Weak year ahead for apartment market
- Rental market eases further
- Sydney property projects languish incomplete
- Housing market continues climb
- Sydney house prices continue to rise
- Safe as Houses: 50 Dorrit Street, Carlton
- Home loan arrears on the rise
- Weak month for new home loans
- Sydney and Melbourne buyers locked out by stamp duty costs
- How staircasing could tackle Australia’s housing affordability problem
- GDP fall exacerbated by housing
- Stamp duty adds $100 a month to mortgage payments
- Low rates fail to ease housing affordability
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #5 – How the RBA affects home loan rates and buttery money
- FULL ROUND-UP: Nov-Dec 2016 out of cycle rate changes
- RBA ends 2016 with December rate hold
- What if each Australian capital had its own Reserve Bank?
- Lenders continue to hike home loan rates
- 5 ways to prepare for home loan rate hikes
- Bowen accuses government of “short-termism” on negative gearing
- Housing scorecard sees NSW take top spot
- Morrison won’t budge on negative gearing
- Aussie house prices continue growth streak
- Fitch quashes housing oversupply fears
- Building approvals slump in October
- New home sales hit two-year low
- Safe as Houses: 10 and 18 Owen St, Punchbowl
- Off-the-plan rule changes could help foreign buyers
- RBA hikes could be on the way
- Airbnb is killing rental properties in Sydney
- Westpac becomes first major to hike fixed rates
- Negative gearing debate “distracting and lazy”
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #4 – Christmas budgeting and fantasy gifts
- Liberal minister breaks ranks over negative gearing
- Brisbane property sales near $17 billion for the year
- Tax on vacant properties could help renters
- Apartments to lead the way in home building fall
- More parents going guarantor for kids, research shows
- Housing stress pushing people to homelessness
- Safe As Houses: 48 Essex St, Fremantle
- The Block 2017 eyeing the Gatwick Private Hotel in St Kilda
