Article by Patrick Lynch, Head of Operations At its meeting on Tuesday 1 September, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held the cash rate at 0.25%, consistent with expectation. What isn’t consistent are the thoughts of the market around what Lenders will do next on interest rates, as the RBA rate is only one of […]
Interest rates – is the next move up or down?
Why refinance? 7 reasons other than just a cheaper interest rate…
Article by Patrick Lynch, Head of Operations With many cheap home loan interest rates available, the lowest ever RBA rate, people being cost-conscious and Banks chasing business because of limited property transactions, refinancing activity is at record levels. Refinancing is repaying your current home or investment loan with a new one (generally, but not always, […]
What happens to the Melbourne property market once Stage 4 ends?
If New Zealand is anything to go by then it’s not all doom and gloom for Melbourne… The number of July property sales in New Zealand represented the highest volume of July sales in five years according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). “We’ve seen auctions up, prices up, volumes up, we’ve […]