Big four banks cut deposit rates: analysis

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Rate cut, home loan hike part of effort to preserve profits. 23 Mar 2012 8:59 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator

Swan renews call for home loan competition

Monday, February 13th, 2012

Treasurer wants 'red-hot' competition in market. 13 Feb 2012 12:00 PM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator

Interest Only Mortgages: Ten Things You Need To Know

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

1. Having an interest only mortgage will mean that you just pay the interest that has built up on your home loan every month, instead of a classic repayment mortgage where you repay a portion of the capital each and every month combined with the interest so that at the ...

NAB to pay home loan exit fees

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Bank to reimburse new customers for leaving competition. 12 Feb 2011 9:02 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator

NAB to cut exit fees for home loan defectors

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

The competition between the big banks has ramped up with NAB offering to pay the exit fees for people who switch their home loan from two of its rivals. View full post on ABC News: Business

RBA Raises Rates Again to 4.25%

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

8 out of 15 economists had predicted what almost the entire country was certain of happening today - The Reserve Bank Of Australia raising interest rates by another 0.25% to 4.25%. With a decline in inflation and the appearance of unemployment having peaked at lower than expected levels quoted as being ...

Fixed Mortgage Rates, or Variable Home Loan?

Monday, July 20th, 2009

I received the following in an email from a mortgage broker this evening. It about sums up the current interest rate market if you are looking to get a mortgage. I would have to agree, it doesn't make sense to fix in the present market with such a huge gap ...

CBA Drop Credit Card Interest Rates

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

With all the expectation and concentration on the reserve bank decision this week, we clean forgot to let you know of a change in interest rates for our "compare credit cards" area of the website. Last Thursday the Commonwealth Bank of Australia lowered it's interest rates across the board for ...