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Finance • 31 OCT 2025
Big four bank declares end of rate-easing cycle
Australia's biggest bank is predicting that the RBA has reached the end of the current rate-easing cycle.
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Finance • 30 OCT 2025
Inflation rise hurts hopes for rate cut
The market is widely tipping interest rates to remain on hold when the RBA meets next week, after quarterly inflation came in higher than expected.
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Investor Strategy • 23 APR 2025
Window of opportunity: Rate cuts and elections to fuel property market surge
Upcoming rate cuts, federal elections, and new buyer schemes could drive up demand and prices, with a property expert advising investors to buy sooner rather than later...
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Finance • 17 APR 2025
Westpac rate change ‘among the lowest of the major banks’
The major announced changes to its variable home loans for new customers, spurring some competition.
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Finance • 04 APR 2025
US tariffs prompt cash rate forecast change
The United States’ tariffs have shifted expectations of rate cuts in Australia ahead of incoming global effects.
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Finance • 28 MAR 2025
No fooling around – rate cuts off the table in April
Mortgage holders may have to wait a little longer for more relief as a hawkish central bank and a lack of crucial data dash any chance of a rate cut next week.
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Tax & Legal • 20 FEB 2025
Borrowing capacity, affordability, buyers’ sentiment and FOMO: What does the rate cut mean for investors?
Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate cut, a property expert forecast that investors would move quickly to expand their portfolios, as more people are...
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Finance • 17 FEB 2025
‘Mortgage war’ begins: Westpac re-calibrate variable rates
Westpac has re-calibrated its lowest variable rate ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting in a bid to ease the "mortgage war" that follows a rate cut.
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Finance • 12 FEB 2025
Westpac cuts fixed rates ahead of RBA
Westpac has cut its fixed-rate mortgages a week ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting, now reaching the lowest fixed rate of the “big four” banks.
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Investor Strategy • 10 FEB 2025
Rate cuts: What areas will see the biggest growth?
The anticipated Reserve Bank of Australia rate cuts in 2025 are poised to boost the housing market as lower rates could increase dwelling values and raise buyers’...
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Finance • 03 FEB 2025
NAB slash fixed-rate mortgages
NAB cut its fixed-rate mortgages two weeks ahead of the RBA meeting, leading the way among the “big four” banks.
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Finance • 29 JAN 2025
RBA eyes rate cut in February as inflation figures surge
The RBA rate cut in February is becoming more likely following the latest consumer price index results and Westpac’s decision to bring forward its first cash rate...
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Finance • 24 JAN 2025
Rate cuts will still leave borrowers wanting: CoreLogic
As the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) first cash rate decision for 2025 draws closer, an industry expert has warned that a much-awaited interest rate cut could have...
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