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Deciding whether to fix your interest rate or stay variable depends on various factors, including your financial situation, risk tolerance, and outlook on interest rates. Here are some considerations to help you make an informed decision: Fixed Rate: Certainty and Stability: Choosing a fixed interest rate provides certainty and stability in your mortgage repayments, as your rate remains unchanged for the fixed term (usually 1 to 5 years). This can be beneficial for budgeting and financia...

With interest rates on the move, many people are shopping around for home loans.   If you’re considering refinancing, it’s a good idea to be aware of a few pitfalls when doing your research. Here are six mistakes to avoid.  Mistake #1: Only looking at the interest rate  Sure, getting a more competitive interest rate is appealing, but there are other factors to consider when comparing loans. For example, you may benefit from features such as an offset account...

If you took advantage of record low interest rates in 2020 and 2021, it’s time to put a plan in place to manage what could be a significant change in your home loan repayments upon expiry of your fixed rate loan. What happens when your fixed rate loan expires? Your interest rate will revert to a variable interest rate and as a borrower who took advantage of historically low interest rates your interest rate may increase by between 2 - 3%. On a $500,000 loan 30-year loan, a 3% increas...

If you’re currently playing the waiting game wondering what will happen when your fixed rate term ends, we understand what a stressful time it might be. Fixed rate borrowers have been temporarily shielded from the Reserve Bank’s cash rate increases, but for how long? It’s estimated that almost 40 per cent of Aussies on low fixed rate loans will roll off them next year. This could result in a considerable increase in mortgage repayments for households that are already stret...

Over the past few months, it seems like predicting the RBA’s next cash move has become a national pastime. Will the cash rate go up, down or sideways? How many times will the RBA increase the cash rate over the next year? How will it affect my family, my neighbour and the milkman? But what most people do not understand is exactly why the RBA is increasing the cash rate. Let’s explain. What has happened to the RBA cash rate since May 2022? In May 2002, the RBA increased ...