Right now things feel awful. Inflation was going to be 3.9 per cent, not the present 3.6 per cent and headed down, and the Reserve Bank's cash rate was going to climb two times in the second half of 2023 from 4.1 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Back in mid-2023, when asked about the probability of a recession in …
Westpac will ease the stress test for borrowers looking to refinance so they can avoid 'mortgage prison' and an even more dramatic increase in monthly repayments. Australia's 880,000 homeowners who secured ultra-low, two per cent fixed rate mortgages during the Covid-19 pandemic face a 65 per cent surge in their monthly repayments when their two-year period expires in 2023. That …
Anthony Albanese has refused to speak about the Reserve Bank's largest interest rate rise in 22 years when probed by reporters during an official visit to Indonesia. The central bank hiked the cash rate to 0.85 per cent on Tuesday, meaning mortgage holders will be forced to shell out even more on their monthly repayments as the cost of living …
The Big Four banks have all passed on the official interest rate rise in full to their home loan customers with National Australia Bank the last to act. The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years to curb soaring inflation A senior Westpac spokesperson urged customers who know they will now struggle …
Three of Australia's big four banks have so far passed on the full official interest rate rise to their home loan customers. Commonwealth, Westpac and ANZ all announced their variable home loan interest rates will increase by 0.25 percentage points, in line with the official cash rate rise announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia. ANZ followed CBA by passing …