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- finder.com.au Money Podcast #36: Money guru Noel Whittaker helps millennials solve their finance challenges
- The Block 2017 recap (22.08.2017): The good, the bad and the shockingly devious
- The Block 2017 recap (21.08.2017): It’s a cash-tastrophe!
- The Block 2017 room reveal recap: Not kidding around
- Is New Zealand the Next Destination for Aussie Property Investors?
- Properties under the $400k mark are vanishing
- The Block 2017 recap (16.08.17): Hungover and hung early
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #35: Angus Kidman chats to us about The Block 2017
- Property investors tightening their belts
- The Block 2017 recap (15.08.2017): Maybe I’m a maze
- Why your current lender doesn’t want you to refinance
- Number of $1 million property sales hits record high
- The Block 2017 recap (14.08.2017): Rough roofs and foremen fury
- Give first home buyers more help, Westpac exec pleads
- Auditions open for The Block 2018
- The Block 2017 judging recap (13.08.17): Bathrooms? We don’t need no stinking bathrooms!
- Property investors in it for the long haul
- Safe As Houses: 366 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
- No winter slowdown for home loan market
- The Block 2017 recap (09.08.2016): It’s all fun and games until someone loses a foot
- Studio apartments on the menu for many Aussie buyers
- The Block 2017 recap (08.08.2016): Ensuite dreams are made of this
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #34: Peer-to-peer lending with Danny John from SocietyOne
- The Block 2017 recap (07.08.2017): Give these rookies a break!
- finder’s 10 cheapest variable home loans for August 2017
- Younger Aussies look to “rentvesting” to access property market
- The Block 2017 recap (06.08.17): Keep those toilets smiling
- Safe As Houses: 66 Llewelyn Street, Kangaroo Point
- Fixed rate home loan demand highest in three years
- Who is the typical Australian property investor?
- The Block 2017 recap (02.08.17): Enya? Seriously? Enya?!
- All of August’s out-of-cycle home loan rate changes
- Why now might be the best time to refinance your home loan
- The Block 2017 recap (01.08.17): The secret weapon
- RBA holds fire, ignores high Australian Dollar at August 2017 meeting
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #33: Asher Tan from CoinJar blows our mind with bitcoin
- Strong month for house prices, but slowdown evident
- The Block 2017 recap (31.07.17): Flatulent literature fails to impress
- Aussies are expecting home loan rate rise woes
- The Block 2017 recap (30.7.2017): We’re back, baby!
- 10 ways we hope this series of The Block surprises us
- Sydney puts drag on national housing affordability
- Can you still get an interest-only home loan?
- Safe As Houses: 10 Charles Street, Woolloomooloo
- Off-the-plan properties are off the menu for investors
- Census 2016: Empty claims about empty houses
- Census 2016: Renters on the rise
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #32: Daniel Byrne from easyMarkets gives us an introduction to forex trading
- Foreign investors forecasted to abandon apartment market
- Real estate agents prepare to sleep rough to benefit charity
- Safe as Houses: 9 Harold Street, Middle Park
- Borrowers urged to brace themselves for 8 rate hikes
- The SA government may be cracking down on First Home Owner Grant cheats
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #31: Alistair Lamond from Skippr educates us about small business cash flow
- Housing market “stupidity” to be brought back to Earth
- How taxing empty homes might help housing affordability
- 4 low-rate home loan traps to avoid
- Property investors’ plans scuttled by lending restrictions
- Tic:Toc’s bold pitch: The world’s first instant home loan
- Major banks see market share eroded
- Safe as Houses: 9 Fernleigh Street, Geelong
- The Block 2017 return date confirmed
- The Block 2017: Location, properties and contestants revealed
- Why the comparison rate isn’t a good comparison anymore
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #30: Chris Brycki from Stockspot teaches us about investing in ETFs
- How we know the Australian housing market isn’t slowing yet
- Variable rate demand heating up
- Safe as Houses: 24 Banfield Street, Downer
- Census 2016: Housing demand is changing
- Full list of July’s out-of-cycle rate changes
- Interest-only loans crackdown is good policy, Morningstar claims
- RBA stays put for July 2017 cash rate meeting
- Downward trend for home approvals “locked in for six months”
- House price growth slows as rent rises
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #29: Auctioneer Damien Cooley gives us an insider’s view to the property market
- Households to feel the pinch on mortgage and rent payments
- ME lifts interest-only home loan rates
- New home sales heading up
- One in four property buyers choose “rentvesting”
- Safe As Houses: Little Conadilly Street, Gunnedah
- Census 2016: Fewer households own their homes
- The Census proves I’m not a weirdo for living alone
- Commonwealth Bank raises interest-only home loan rates
- Home sellers making profit, but number of loss-making sales rising
- finder.com.au Money Podcast #28: Getting our debts under control with Money Magazine’s Effie Zahos
- Will The Block 2018 have eight teams competing?
- 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
