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The debt burden stalking Aussies in retirement

More Australians are retiring with hefty mortgages as spiralling home prices delay their entry into the housing market and the trend shows no sign of easing.

Why your mortgage interest rate could rise further, even after the RBA stops hiking

Why your mortgage interest rate could rise further, even after the RBA stops hiking

Australian banks — which made bumper profits last year — are facing soaring funding costs as they need to repay $188 billion of cheap money borrowed from the Reserve Bank in the coming years, which is bad news for home loan borrowers.

Australian towns are fighting to hold on to their bank branches, as government flags review of replacement services

Australian towns are fighting to hold on to their bank branches, as government flags review of replacement services

In the past five years, the number of bank branches has dropped 30 per cent. While growing numbers of Australians are doing their banking online, the local bank remains a vital service for many isolated regional communities.

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New homebuyers enticed into market now face perfect financial storm

New homebuyers are among some of the worst hit by a perfect storm of rising interest rates and cost of living, market analysis shows.

Interest rate hikes may send about 200,000 more households into mortgage stress, says analyst

Households struggling with loan repayments are ‘looking at a deep hole, incomes are not rising but costs are’

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Sydney house prices still 20% above pre-pandemic levels despite rising interest rates

Economists say while property prices could come down by up to 20%, affordability has ‘never been worse’

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Declining Sydney property prices a forecast for the rest of Australia, experts say

As interest rates rise, Sydney house prices are dropping and experts say it is a "bellwether" for what is about to happen across the rest of the country.

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‘Ridiculous prices’: Australians’ home ownership dreams turn sour

‘Ridiculous prices’: Australians’ home ownership dreams turn sour

Some Australians see buying a home as increasingly out of reach after a near tripling of prices in the last 20 years.

Mortgage stress set to rise with interest rates and recent home buyers will be hit hardest

Mortgage stress set to rise with interest rates and recent home buyers will be hit hardest

Interest rates are rising overseas and Australia is almost certain to follow soon. But are borrowers prepared for higher repayments as record low mortgage rates disappear?

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