Home loan market is red hot The number of new home loans approved for owner occupiers rose 17.9% in December 2019, over the previous December, [...]

Banks offer help to bushfire victims Wild deadly bushfires are still out of control across much of northern NSW and Queensland. New South Wales and [...]

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First Home Buyer Deposit Scheme caps announced The Morrison government’s First Home Buyer Deposit Scheme will start on 1 January 2020. The scheme will guarantee [...]

Pension Loans Scheme rates under review Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced a review of the interest rates charged by Centrelink’s Pension Loans Scheme. The current [...]

Bank branches are disappearing – fast Almost 10 per cent of bank branches have closed over the last two years. 16 per cent of ATMs [...]

Which Sydney suburb has the highest rental yield? The average rental yield in the greater Sydney area is 2.8 per cent for houses and 3.7 [...]

ANZ to pay more compo to customers ANZ Bank will pay remediation costs of $559 million to customers who have been charged fees wrongly on [...]

Scott Morrison says banks are ‘profiteering’ The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has slammed the big four banks for not passing on the RBA’s October rate [...]

Sydney property prices are rising – at last After two years of falling home values, Sydney house prices are now rising again as buyer activity [...]

Sydney no longer Australia’s most expensive housing market Sydney has lost its title as Australia’s most expensive city for homes to Byron Bay, population 30,000. [...]

What is a ‘community bank?’ Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has lost its exclusive right to brand itself as a community bank following a ruling in [...]

What are the odds of winning Powerball? The Powerball jackpot this week is the biggest in Australian history at $150 million and one in three [...]

Global markets are falling The Australian stock market’s key index, the ASX200 fell more than 100 points on opening today and is now below the [...]

Aussie John wants his home loans back “Aussie” John Symond, the founder of non-bank lender Aussie Home Loans has suggested he wants to buy back [...]

Bankwest slashes loan approval times Bankwest has announced new mortgage approval timeframes to try and lure customers who don’t want to wait weeks for loan [...]

Commbank to savers: brace for more pain Commonwealth Bank chief Matt Comyn expects the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates by another 0.25 percentage points [...]

Big Aussie Bank for sale – going cheap AMP has refused to comment on speculation it is selling its retail banking arm – AMP Bank. [...]

Bank customers get rights to own data Open Banking laws passed by parliament yesterday give consumers more rights to access their own data held by [...]

ASX sets new high, after 12 long years The key Australian sharemarket index, the ASX 200, closed at 6845.1 points yesterday, a new record high. The ASX [...]

Limit $100 notes says government taskforce Australians are keeping wads of $100 and $50 notes hidden away and the government’s taskforce into the black economy [...]

Commonwealth Bank cuts savings account rates Commonwealth Bank has cut savings rates by up to 0.25 percentage points. Australia’s biggest bank has more than $265 [...]