by Fennell West | Jul 20, 2023 | News
Australians are showering their homes with $1 billion worth of love each month as home improvement spending ramps up. We look at the cost of popular renovations – and how to foot the bill. Belts may be tightening but not, it seems, for renovators. The latest figures...
by Fennell West | Jul 13, 2023 | News
Buying a home for the first time can be challenging, especially with house prices soaring in recent years. So could switching from house hunting to unit searching be the way forward for you? There’s no denying that getting into the property market in today’s economic...
by Fennell West | Jul 4, 2023 | News
Phew! The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has today decided to put the official cash rate on hold. So is the end of this rate hike cycle finally in sight? The decision to keep the official cash rate at 4.10% will be welcomed by homeowners around the country after...
by Fennell West | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Personal finance, Planning
The cost of living crisis is having a serious impact on us all. We experience it everywhere – from grocery shopping to filling the car up with fuel: the reality is our money isn’t going anywhere as near as far as it was 12 months ago. As well as prices of goods and...
by Fennell West | Jun 29, 2023 | News
Have you been keen to refinance but told you can’t? You’re not alone. Many Australian households are currently locked into their home loans due to rising interest rates. But some banks have recently started to lower their serviceability thresholds. As interest rates...
