Posted in Market Updates, News, Research on Dec 6th, 2011
The Reserve Bank of Australia board has cut the official interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent, giving mortgage holders and borrowers a pre-Christmas reprieve. The RBA announced the rate cut at 2.30pm AEDT today following the board’s final meeting for the year. It’s the second interest rate cut in as many [...]
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Posted in News, Research on Sep 13th, 2011
A FRESH round is likely to begin in the mortgage price war with Commonwealth Bank pledging to beat any advertised rate among its three big rivals. The pledge has hallmarks of the ”unbeatable” campaign launched by National Australia Bank in New Zealand, a move that spurred on home lending but crunched margins among banks. The [...]
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has spared borrowers an interest rate rise, leaving the cash rate at 4.75 percent in a widely expected move. The Reserve Bank last increased the overnight cash rate in November 2010 to 4.75 percent from 4.5 percent and most economists still expect a rate rise this year. “We expect [...]
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Posted in Market Updates, News, Research on Nov 2nd, 2010
CUP Day punters could have an extra reason to cheer today, with the odds strongly in favour of the Reserve Bank keeping interest rates on hold for a sixth consecutive month. But any sigh of relief from borrowers could be short-lived, with some pundits predicting that the RBA will still send rates north by Christmas. [...]
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Posted in Market Updates, News, Research on Oct 21st, 2010
The central bank says it’s aware of the difficulties property developers face obtaining credit, but it has questioned whether the sector is overly-reliant on debt. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Deputy Governor Ric Battellino expects an improvement in the economy over the next few years to be reflected in the commercial property market. In a [...]
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