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Whether you’re on the giving or receiving end of one of Australia’s biggest financial institutions—The Bank of Mum and Dad—chances are the relationship’s been put under a bit of strain this year. Alas, if you’ve never transacted with the increasingly tapped fund, news of its duress might even inspire a wry smile. With six consecutive...

Life is getting expensive, isn’t it? Nothing’s changed on the shopping list, but the total has definitely changed on the receipt. Add six back-to-back interest rate hikes to the equation and a 12% rise in median unit rents across Sydney, and you’ve got a cost-of-living conundrum on your hands. But while it might feel like...

They say that when one door closes, another opens. But if you’re a renter in Australia right now, that mightn’t be the case. A more apt expression might be the one about being up a certain creek sans paddle. Vacancy rates across Australia have officially hit crisis level. Since May 2020, the number of homes...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked the official cash rate by another 25 basis points to 2.60%. How much will this rate hike increase your monthly mortgage repayments, and when will it kick in? It’s hard to believe that at the beginning of May the cash rate was just 0.10%. Today it was...

Forget chickens and eggs and which came first. Bank accounts in 2022 are asking a far more pressing question: Which goes first—the expensive car, the boat, or the holiday house? It’s a question few asset-acquiring Australians predicted they’d have to answer so soon after investing, but with household costs rising steadily and interest rates following...

Another day, another warning from financial experts—this time pertaining to the shock jump in US inflation that could lead to steeper interest rate increases here in Australia. Wouldn’t it be nice if the news had a snooze button? Just ten more minutes without the threat of a global recession, please and thank you. But despite the...

The volatility of the last few years has taught us that there may never be ‘a right time’ to do anything. Whether it’s a once in a lifetime pandemic, rising interest rates, or the desire to catch a train in Sydney, something’s always bound to come up and thwart your plans. With inflation at a...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked the official cash rate by another 50 basis points to 2.35%. Here’s how much you can expect to pay on your mortgage going forward and how we could give you a helping hand. This is the fifth month in a row the RBA has increased the cash...

Though not entirely shocking, it still delivered a blow to many earlier this month—and no, we’re not talking about the news that Starburst has been discontinued in Australia. Citing inflation, a tight labour market with expected wage growth and the need for ‘well anchored’ medium term inflation expectations to remain, the RBA increased the cash...