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Bracing for impact: Rate tipped to hit 15-year high

MORTGAGE holders are set to shoulder hundreds of dollars more in monthly repayments compared to the start of the year, with interest rates expected to hit a 15-year high. The Reserve Bank is widely tipped to hike interest rates for a fourth time in 2026 when it wraps up its two-day board meeting on Tuesday. A 25-basis point increase in the cash rate would add $91 a month on a typical $600,000 mortgage, said Sally Tindall, data insights director at financial comparison site Canstar. “The true pain is in the cumulative impact,” she said. “Across what is likely to b

Debt concerns: treasurer’s era of cheap-money ending

Budget figures put some pep in the treasurer’s step

Higher tax take puts federal budget on stronger footing

Weather, bond turmoil to pressure economy, OECD warns

Kochie on government spending: Name, shame and share the pain

Councils fear data centres ‘coming at us’ on prime land

Now it’s homes before lifestyle for Aussies

AUSTRALIANS are willing to cut back their spending in record numbers to afford a property, affirming the ongoing value of home ownership, new data shows. More than 75 per cent of residen

THE average Aussie will live to their mid-to-late 80s within a few generations, but the nation will have to get its health policies right to make the most of the added years. Treasury

Perth verdict: rent is the cheapest option

THERE are now no Perth suburbs where it is cheaper to buy a house than rent one, according to new research from the REIWA.The research compared the median monthly rental with loan repayment

Home buyers deserve ‘a fair go’ with stamp duty

UNCERTAINTY over stamp duty calculations in NSW could have “an adverse effect” on the housing decisions of homebuyers. The Australian Institute of Conveyancers NSW believes t