The Commonwealth Bank is the latest lender to lift interest rates for homebuyers looking to fix their home loan, raising rates on a number of fixed products.
The country’s biggest lender lifted the rate of its popu…
Do you ever feel like you’re addicted to email?
Do you find it impossible to ignore checking your inbox?
Email is a known time-waster but a study from Adobe Systems suggests it’s worse than anyone thought.
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One third of Australians spend over five years saving for a deposit, according to new research commissioned by finder.com.au.
It also found the majority of people take 3.7 years to save a deposit on average.
T…
What do you look for when choosing a suburb to live in?
When it comes to choosing where to live, Australians rate housing cost, peace and quiet, and the suburb’s crime rate as their top considerations, according to…
Want to make a huge difference in someone’s life?
According to Inc.com here are things you should say every day to your employees, colleagues, family members, friends, and everyone you care about:
1. Here’s what I…
As a property commentator and investor, I keep a close eye on Consumer Confidence as it is one of the leading indicators of our property markets.
By a leading indicator I mean it shows what’s ahead of us, a…
It’s the age-old argument: do you invest for capital growth or cash flow?
While most investors understand the benefits of capital growth properties, some feel they need the cash flow to stay in the game.
The p…
Just because you’ve taken the leap from homeowner to property investor, doesn’t mean your financial fortune is assured.
In fact, it doesn’t even mean that you will start making a profit in the short term, or that…
While the term the Internet of Things is relatively new the idea of connected devices has been mentioned in science fiction since the genre was born.
Imagine a coffee machine connected to the internet.
Its 10:3…
More than two-thirds (67.2%) of owner-occupied mortgages are now held by households with two incomes, presenting some problems if one decides to either drop out of the workforce or becomes unemployed.
Overall so…
