The final rate alert announcement for 2015

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The final rate alert announcement for 2015 has just been announced and we have the news for you hot off the press. The Reserve Bank of Australia has again decided to leave the official cash rate at 2.00%. This approach was predicted by many financial commentators as the Reserve Bank…

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Bidder up!

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A record 101,000 properties — or around one in five of those put on the market in Australia last year — went to auction1. And while clearance rates vary between markets, there is no denying plenty of buyers are willing to go head-to-head with the hammer.

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How to have an incredible shrinking mortgage

By Buying My First Home, Refinancing My Home Loan

Consider this: 30 years ago it cost about 3.5 times the average annual salary to buy an average priced Australian home — today, it costs around 7.5 times our yearly earnings 1. With the average new home loan nudging $444,0002, it’s more important than ever to look at strategies to shrink your mortgage and work towards greater financial freedom sooner.

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And the award goes too …

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The Productivity Commission’s (PC) draft report into Australia’s workplace relations framework does not look set to make major changes to the country’s idiosyncratic system of award wages, much to the chagrin of business.

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RBA still keeps cash rate at 2.00%

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Now that the year’s big weekend of sport is behind us, and with only three rate alert decisions between now and the end of the calendar year, all eyes were on this month’s Reserve Bank decision which has just been announced. The Reserve Bank of Australia has again decided to…

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Reserve Bank of Australia announcement for September 2015

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has today decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 2.00%. This approach was widely anticipated by financial markets as the Reserve Bank continues to assess the impact of February and May rate cuts, regulator initiated tightening of the investment housing market and local…

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