Aussies’ top financial concerns revealed

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The 14th annual Financial Planning Week (FP Week) wrapped up this week, and has revealed that Australians are most concerned about retirement, home loans, superannuation and the best way to invest

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Home loans hit record highs

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Housing finance; NAB Business survey Record home loans: The value of all home loans rose by 0.2 per cent to record highs in December. The number of new owner-occupier housing loans fell

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Home loans lift but first home buyer share at record lows

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Weekly petrol prices; Housing finance; Job advertisements Home loans lift: The number of new owner-occupier housing loans rose by 1.1 per cent in November, the tenth increase in the past 11

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AMP Bank reduces home loan interest rates by up to 30 basis points

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AMP Bank has reduced its interest rates for new and existing customers across all variable rate home loans by 25 basis points and for new fixed term home loans by

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More home loans, but no boom in sight

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Housing finance Home loans on the rise: The number of new owner-occupier housing loans rose by 2.7 per cent in June – the sixth straight increase. Over the first six months

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AMP Bank reduces rates on variable home loans

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AMP Bank has reduced its interest rates for new and existing customers across all variable rate home loans by 20 basis points.  The AMP standard variable home loan interest rate

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Cheaper homes encourage buyers

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Housing finance; Credit card lending; Weekly Petrol Price Lending to build new homes recorded a healthy increase in December. Loans for the construction of dwellings rose by 1.0 per cent

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Till debt do us part

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Research reveals financial freedom not a reality for many Australians Almost half of Australians won’t pay off their mortgages before they retire, a nationwide debt and savings survey by RaboDirect,

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Weak home lending reinforces need for rate pause

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Housing finance Lending to build new homes was flat in October. A key leading indicator for home construction barely moved in October – ahead of the November rate hike. Loans

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AMP Bank increases standard variable rate

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AMP Bank is increasing its standard variable home loan interest rate for new and existing customers by 38 basis points to 7.82 per cent following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s

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