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Nothing beats a professional inspection, but here’s how you can spot issues when you’re looking through your potential new home. When you first walk through a house you can often tell in an instant if it’s the one you want to buy. The question is, is it the one you should buy? A home open […]
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Bushfires have devastated communities across Australia, but help is flooding in from business, government and individuals. Big banks and small lenders have been quick to step up with a raft of measures to ease the pressure on affected customers, from waiving fees and deferring repayments to fast-tracking low-interest rebuilding loans. The company that my business
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Haven Review This brave, beautifully written memoir from Brisbane comedian Corey White is brutal, darkly hilarious at times, unflinchingly honest, heart wrenching and yet through it all, so hopeful. It is a powerful story of childhood trauma, evil, resilience and the survival of the human spirit against all odds. An important, cleverly written debut that
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Many first home buyers now have access to a new government scheme that could get them into their first homes years sooner. Housing affordability is a key challenge for many younger people who are struggling to get into the housing market. Despite historically high house prices levelling out and lower interest rates, flat income growth
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Acts of kindness “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop Have you been the recipient of an act of kindness that completely blew you away? We are looking for a feelgood story about an exceptional act of kindness, be it from a random stranger or someone you know. In
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We appreciate your feedback, that’s why each month we give our customers who have recently settled a loan the chance to go in the competition to win a small thank you gift. This month’s winner is Anne Marie, and she’s won a $500 Bunnings voucher. Congratulations Anne Marie!
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The first cash rate decision for 2020 has been announced by the RBA with the rate unchanged at 0.75%, as it assesses the economic threat posed by the bushfire crisis and the coronavirus outbreak. The Reserve Bank will have been encouraged by positive employment, inflation and house price figures and will be hoping these threats
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has delivered its final cash rate announcement for the year with the decision to leave the rate unchanged at 0.75%. In making the decision the RBA appears to be assessing the impact on the broader economy of the three previous cash rate reductions together with recent tax cuts, government
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Why smaller lenders are making a big change in banking. The history of Australian banking has always been dominated by the big four – ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac. But more Australians than ever are now turning to smaller lenders and non-banks to finance their home loans. Is your loyalty worth it? Many of
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How can you make the most of record low interest rates? Many people believed that the low RBA cash interest rate, that had remained unchanged over the last couple of years, was about as low as it would go. But in the last few months the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has dropped it three
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