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With the average Australian clearly concerned about the coming rate hikes, what does this mean for the Australian finance sector?
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Australian families are being stretched to the limit as cost of living pressures skyrocket but according to one bank boss, it’s no big deal.
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Overheated wages and spending data has convinced ANZ economists next week’s interest rate rise will be far stronger than initially forecast.
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Homebuyers could find it even harder to get a loan as rising interest rates prompt Australia’s major banks to tighten their lending standards.
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All of the big four banks have announced they will be passing on the cash rate increase in full to variable rate home loan customers.
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Westpac is warning of interest rate rises and a big drop in property prices.
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Where would property prices be if they rise a little further and then fall slightly over the next couple of years, as economists expect?
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One of Australia's biggest banks predicts property prices will fall around 10 per cent in 2023 as looming interest rate hikes threaten to take the steam out of …
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Fixed home loan rates are continuing to climb, with NAB the latest Big Four bank to hike.
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With prices declining in Sydney and Melbourne and property price growth around the country slowing in most markets, there are still abundant buying opportunities as identified by regular API Magazine contributor Lloyd Edge.
A sustained period of strong rental growth has seen national dwellings record the highest annual growth in rental values since December 2008, with investors now weighing up yields against property price movements.
Australia now has the lowest industrial and logistics vacancy rate in the world, after falling to 0.8 per cent through the first half of 2022, with Sydney and Perth the tightest markets.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has repeated its double dose of interest rate hikes, lifting its cash rate by 0.5 per cent for the second consecutive month and putting further pressure on real estate prices.
Property prices among Perth's best performing suburbs have shot up by more than 30 per cent in the just completed financial year, with prestige properties soaring over the year but mid-range suburbs playing catch-up in June.
Whether forming Hong Kong's first Aussie rules football team or creating wealth through a significant property portfolio, Melbourne-based Ray Wood has been kicking goals on and off the field.
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