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With all the talk of record-breaking property growth throughout 2021, do you know how exactly your suburb and property type performed?...

How much do you need to borrow to buy a typical Australian home these days? Well, the average loan size has increased dramatically over...

Australian homeowners are loading up their offset accounts in record amounts, so much so that the average household is now almost four...

National housing values grew 22.1% in 2021, and there are two capital cities and one region in particular that are not ready to slow down...

Cut calories, increase your steps, abstain from alcohol: each year we set ourselves some pretty lofty New Year’s resolutions, most of...

Want to buy your first home with a deposit of just 5% and pay no lenders’ mortgage insurance? You could be in luck – the federal...

Christmas is fast approaching and there’s a good chance you’ve started turning your attention to gifts for family and friends. But be...

Ever thought about buying a property with a friend or family member? You’re not the only one. The rising cost of property and FOMO has...

You’ve probably noticed that house prices in Australia consistently outstrip growth in wages. But by how much? And what can you do to...

Whether you’re looking to buy, sell or hold, there’s a good chance you’ve wondered whether the property market will tumble when interest...

Open banking is here and it’s charging full steam ahead. So just how are lenders and fintechs using your shared data in this brave, new,...

Mortgage holders are facing a sooner-than-expected cash rate rise after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) revised its outlook due to...

More than half of Australian house hunters spend the same amount of time inspecting a property as they do watching an episode on Netflix,...

Are the days of ultra-low fixed interest rates over? It’s looking increasingly so, with two major banks increasing their fixed rates this...

Almost 33,000 Australians bought their first home four years sooner thanks to two federal government schemes that give first home buyers...

Some borrowers will soon find it harder to get a mortgage after the banking regulator announced tougher serviceability tests for home...

The federal treasurer has given the strongest indication yet that a home loan crackdown is coming, stating that “carefully targeted and...

With house prices going gangbusters in the first half of 2021, is it still a good time to buy property? The majority of investors think...

The average Australian homeowner is paying more than $37,000 in extra interest over the life of their home loan due to the loyalty tax,...

With interest rates at record low levels, the number of homeowners refinancing skyrocketed to an all-time high in July. Today we’ll run...