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Reserve Bank flags period of interest rate stability at 2.5 per cent (04/02/2014) The Reserve Bank has left interest rates on hold, and says that is where they are likely to stay for some time. The official cash rate target has now been steady at 2.5 per cent for the past six months, after the [...]

RBA Cuts Interest Rates to Record Low 2.75%Cheers borrowers with rate cut (07/05/2013) The Reserve Bank has slashed interest rates by 25 basis points to a historic low of 2.75 per cent, the first reduction this year. The decision followed a spate of soft economic data that increased calls by industry groups and other observers [...]

RBA Cheers borrowers with rate cut (02/10/2012) The Reserve Bank has cut official interest rates to their lowest in three years in response to a worsening outlook for the global economy and signs of a weakening local labour market. The RBA cut the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.25 per cent in a [...]

Property Values Continue to Rise (06.09.12) According to figures from RP Data-Rismark, housing prices in Australia’s capital cities Property continue to rise. Property prices in Sydney rose 0.1 per cent last month, the fifth such monthly increase this year, taking the increase over the quarter to 2.4 per cent. In other capital cities quarterly increases [...]

Tuesday 26th June 2012 The Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced on Tuesday that Negative Gearing for property investors will not be removed. The Government ruled out removing the tax break and the federal opposition is of like mind on this issue. A property is negatively geared when the costs of owning it – interest on [...]