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The cash rate is currently sitting at an all-time low of 1.25%, after the nation's central bank lowered the official interest rate at the start of the month for the first time in almost three years....

The Reserve Bank forewarned last year that about two-thirds of the nation’s interest-only loans, then worth about $360 billion, were set to roll over to principal and interest over the next three years and that those...

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 and the broader All Ordinaries both closed 1.7% higher at 6,554 points and 6,634 points, respectively last week. Leading sector gains were the mining-related materials (up by more than 5%) thanks to a...

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.75% higher at 6,444 points last week, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 0.53% to 6,525 points. AMP Capital Chief Economist Shane Oliver said the RBA's decision to cut the cash...

Canstar’s Direct Life Insurance Star Ratings use a sophisticated and unique ratings methodology that compares both cost and features across direct life insurance policies. It provides a shortlist of products to help consumers narrow their search...

Meanwhile, ANZ will only pass on some of the cut, while Westpac is yet to respond after the Reserve Bank board reduced the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25% today, marking the first change to the...

The Reserve Bank board decided to cut the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25% today, marking the first change to the rate since the central bank lowered it to 1.5% in August 2016. Commonwealth Bank...

One small lender will reduce its one-year fixed rate to just that, which will set a new record for the lowest home loan rate financial comparison site Canstar has on its 26-year-old database. The current lowest rate Canstar has on...

This shutter style was known to grace the grand homes of wealthy cotton plantation owners in America's south during the 18th and 19th centuries, hence the name plantation shutters. However, they are believed to have first appeared...

The term ‘gearing’ refers to borrowing money to buy an asset. In property circles, it means taking out a home loan to buy real estate. There can be positive gearing, where the rental income an owner gets from...