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Default interest: the little-known penalty 'kicking borrowers when they're down'
Personal Finance
Default interest: the little-known penalty 'kicking borrowers when they're down'
Many banks have a policy of moving home loans to a ‘default interest rate’ once borrowers are in arrears with payments.
Noel Whittaker | 22 February 2023
Should you pay down your mortgage?
Personal Finance
Should you pay down your mortgage?
Being mortgage-free is a dream many people hold and rock-bottom interest rates might make it easier to achieve. But is it the best way to use your...
Annalisa Esposito | 03 July 2020
Property stocks soar on low rates
Stocks
Property stocks soar on low rates
Listed property stocks have easily outperformed the broader share market in 2019, and the good times could roll on for a while yet if interest rates...
Nicki Bourlioufas | 11 November 2019
Investors face tougher chase for yield as RBA joins sub-1pc club
Markets
Investors face tougher chase for yield as RBA joins sub-1pc club
The hunt for yield just got tougher as the RBA cut the cash rate to a historic low of 0.75 per cent, reducing the cost of borrowing for the third...
Glenn Freeman with AAP | 01 October 2019
SMSFs and property: keeping it in the family
Retirement
SMSFs and property: keeping it in the family
The "bank of mum and dad" remains a popular way to get onto Australia's property ladder, but there are considerations for all parties to be aware of,...
Anthony Fensom | 23 July 2019
CBA well placed to weather internal, external headwinds
Stocks
CBA well placed to weather internal, external headwinds
Australia's largest lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia has retained its fair value estimate of $83 despite industry headwinds and management...
Roger Balch | 10 October 2018
CBA, ANZ join Westpac in raising rates
Stocks
CBA, ANZ join Westpac in raising rates
Commonwealth Bank and ANZ have become the latest major banks to lift their home loan interest rates, with both institutions blaming rising...
AAP | 06 September 2018