Car Insurance - November 6th Car insurance for modified vehicles Making modifications to your car, such as adding a spoiler, may impact the cost of your car insurance. We explain how.
Extras Cover - June 10th Who offers dental health insurance with no waiting period? What is a waiting period? When you sign up to a health insurance policy, there is usually a waiting period during which no benefit is payable for services and treatment. According to PrivateHealth.gov.au, the purpose of...
Home Loans - May 24th What Is Negative Gearing? 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...
Finance News - June 27th Banks are unlikely to pass on the next rate cut in full, CoreLogic warns 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....
Finance News - June 17th Interest-only home loans still a ticking time bomb for Aussie property market, analyst says 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...
Finance News - June 17th ASX weekly: BHP, Rio Tinto, Telstra & CSL lead gains 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...
Finance News - June 10th ASX weekly: RBA rate cut lifts CBA, NAB, Westpac & ANZ 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...
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Finance News - June 4th CBA & NAB pass on full cash rate cut, while ANZ makes a partial cut 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...
Finance News - June 4th ANZ leads CBA, Westpac & NAB with rate cut following RBA move 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...