A small Aussie bank with no physical branches has been named the country’s best workplace for 2023. Judo Bank, a small and medium-enterprise lending focused bank that also offers some of the best retail term deposit rates on the market, has come out number one in LinkedIn’s latest Top CompaniesContinue Reading
Amid rising levels of global uncertainty and the largest relative rise in mortgage rates in Australian history, there is one question households across the nation are asking. Will house prices crash? In the last release of the national accounts that covered the fourth quarter of 2022, growth in per capitaContinue Reading
Approvals to build new homes have slumped to a decade low as rising interest rates and soaring construction costs force buyers out of the market. Total approvals slumped to 27.6 per cent in January, seasonally adjusted, reversing the 15.3 per cent gain made in December. Permits to build new privateContinue Reading
Migrant advocates and community groups alike have called for the federal government to do more to address the housing crisis that threatens to tip more Australians below the poverty line. Community leaders and support workers have told a senate inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty that people wereContinue Reading
Australians are calling for the government to follow in the footsteps of Canada after the North American country introduced a controversial ban on foreigners buying properties. However, an expert has warned this is simply a “bandaid solution” to a much larger problem and does not recommend Australia do the same.Continue Reading
Australians are expected to take a hit to their finances just before Christmas with the Reserve Bank of Australia tipped to raise interest rates again. In the final decision for 2022, the RBA could push rates up further for the eighth consecutive month, after hikes began in May from aContinue Reading