It’s hard to believe it’s already December, and what a year it’s been in the property world. After falling -7.5% from a peak in April...

It’s the news homeowners were hoping for – the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided the cash rate will remain on hold for the moment at 4.35 per cent. Read today’s official statement on the RBA’s website . But it would appear there may be further cash rate hikes on the horizon. “While the central forecast is for CPI inflation to continue to decline, progress looks to be slower than earlier expected,” RBA Governor Michele Bullock said in a recent statement. “CPI inflati

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This month the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to increase the cash rate. The decision is expected to take some of the heat out...

On this year's Melbourne Cup Day, luck wasn’t on the side of variable homeowners. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increased the cash rate a quarter of a percentage point to 4.35 per cent. Read today’s official statement on the RBA’s website . All big four banks and many economists were expecting today’s rate rise , given that the latest inflation figures were higher than expected. Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics last month showed the headline

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From May 2022, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) began one of the most aggressive monetary tightening periods in Australian history as...

What an interesting spring selling season it’s shaping up to be. This month, RBA governor Michele Bullock kept the cash rate on hold...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to press pause for a fourth consecutive month, leaving the cash rate on hold at 4.10 per cent. Read today’s official statement on the RBA’s website . All eyes were on new governor Michele Bullock today as she made her first big call on the direction of interest rates. Ms Bullock took over as governor from Philip Lowe on September 18. She is the first woman to be appointed to the role in the central bank’s 63-year history. Today

Spring typically sees an uptick in property sales and this trend looks set to continue in 2023. In the first week of spring, more than...

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2023 has been an historic year for the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) in raising the cash rate to an 11-year high in an effort to...

Spring has arrived and it’s an exciting time for both aspiring property owners looking to get into the market and vendors eager to make a...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has again left the cash rate on hold this month at 4.10 per cent. Read today’s official statement on the RBA’s website . That’s three months in a row that the RBA has left the cash rate on hold, giving homeowners a chance to breathe. The decision comes as a growing number of Australians face mortgage stress and home loan defaults while grappling with the cost-of-living crisis. New data by Roy Morgan shows 1.5 million Australians, or 29 per

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Spring has almost sprung and in the property world, it’s an exciting time of year. So, what will this year’s spring selling season look...

With so much movement on interest rates lately and roughly half of all fixed-rate loans expiring this year, refinancing is on many...