Welcome to our August Newsletter It’s been an exciting few months in the property world, with plenty of chatter about a potential market rebound. Back-to-back interest rate cuts, looser lending conditions and increased confidence following the May federal election have seen buyers returning to the market. In July, five of the eight capital cities recorded [...]
Good afternoon, Hope you’re well. This afternoon the Reserve Bank met and decided to leave official interest rates on hold. Looking forward, the markets are predicting one rate cut before the end of 2019. I know this will be a welcomed move, especially as we’ve seen many banks increase their home loan rates out of [...]
The Reserve Bank of Australia have met for the final time this year and decided to leave the interest rates on hold. Whilst official rates have remained steady for 2017, there’s been plenty of changes for us to navigate through with our clients during the year. Banks are continuing to chase after clients with owner [...]
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left official rates on hold again this month. The RBA advised they will continue to watch wage growth and property prices around the country, but at this stage they will wait for some clearer economic signals prior to making a change. One major bank economist has predicted [...]
As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left official interest rates on hold today at 1.50%. Many economists are predicting that interest rates will remain on hold well into next year. In order for the RBA to increase interest rates, it would likely need to see the unemployment rate fall dramatically, as well [...]
Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave official interest rates on hold, making it 12 months since they cut rates to the historic low of 1.5%. Despite this, we are still seeing constant interest rate changes from banks, particularly around loans with interest only repayments. This brings us to a common question I am [...]
As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left official interests rates on hold today. Currently, the majority of economists are predicting official rates to remain on hold until at least the middle of next year. Whilst the official rates remain steady, this hasn’t stopped the banks from continuing to make changes to investment [...]
This afternoon, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met and decided to leave official interest rates on hold. Based on the RBA’s recent comments, most experts are predicting the RBA won’t make any changes to official rates for at least the next few months. Despite the increasing concern for a housing bubble in some major [...]
Welcome to April which brings with it a host of events - Easter, Anzac day, school holidays, comedy festivals and the Qld world triathlon to name a few. With so much going on this month, it’s nice to have the Reserve Bank announce today that they will leave official cash interest rates on hold for [...]
Good afternoon! Welcome to the first RBA update of the year! We hope that you had a great New Year and have hit the ground running in 2017. This afternoon the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left official interest rates on hold. Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around the country. With the property [...]
