As read in Mortgagebusiness online The percentage of first home buyers in the owner-occupier market has plunged to the lowest level in a quarter of a century, a new report has revealed. The number of Australian first home buyers decreased by 6.7 per cent to 21,825 during the September quarter, according to Adelaide Bank general […]
As read in the Courier – SAY goodbye to the $100 note. Australia looks set to follow in the footsteps of Venezuela and India by abolishing the country’s highest-denomination banknote in a bid to crack down on the “black economy”. Speaking to ABC radio on Wednesday, Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O’Dwyer flagged a […]
As read in MortgageBusiness online – Recent decisions made by the major banks to lift their fixed-rate mortgages suggest that variable rate hikes are on the way, according to mortgage comparison site RateCity. CBA lifted the rate of its three-year fixed rate by 20 percentage points to 4.24 per cent last Friday. The major bank also […]
