August Interest Rates Stable at 1.50%

August 1, 2017 ANZ, Bank of Melbourne, BankWest, Commercial Loan Interest rates, Interest Rates, Investment Loans, Low Doc Loans, Mortgage Calculator, St George, Suncorp, variable interest rate, Westpac by Administrator

It looks like interest rates are likely to remain stable for the remainder of 2017 as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced to keep the cash rate on hold at 1.50%. It seems the major banks and other lenders have ended their interest rate increases for interest only loans and property investment loans in a effort to reduce the
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Stamp Duty Concession and First Home Buyers Grant

July 14, 2017 Home Loans by Administrator

We have added a stamp duty, first home buyers grant and stamp duty concession calculator to our list of mortgage calculators at Smart Search Finance website. The stamp duty calculator calculates stamp duty for all states, stamp duty concessions and foreign purchasers duty. The first home buyers grant and stamp duty concessions calculator calculates stamp
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July Interest Rates Unchanged at 1.50%

July 4, 2017 ANZ, Bank of Melbourne, Bank of Queensland, BankWest, Home Loans, Interest Rates, Investment Loans, NAB, RAMS, St George, Suncorp, Westpac by Administrator

Today’s June meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced to keep the cash rate on hold at 1.5%. While the economists keep changing their mind on the economic future of the country, one this is for certain is that banks are forced to make lending for difficult for borrowers that seek interest only loans and property investment
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June Commercial Loan Interest Rate Update

June 15, 2017 Commercial Loan Interest rates, Commercial Property Loans, Fixed Rates, Interest Rates, Investment Loans, Low Doc Loans, variable interest rate by Administrator

… Over the last month we have seen commercial loan interest rates remain stable or fall by up to 30 basis points for some products. Full doc variable commercial property loans have decreased by 24 points while 2 and 3 year rates have also fallen by up to 30 points for one lender. Other interest
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June Interest Rates On Hold at 1.50%

June 7, 2017 Home Loans by Administrator

Today’s June meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced to keep the cash rate on hold at 1.5%. There was chatter a few months ago that interest rates are likely to remain stable and perhaps increase towards the end of the year. Now there is talk that interest rates may fall due a
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RBA Leaves Interest Rates at 1.50%

May 2, 2017 ANZ, Bank of Melbourne, Bank of Queensland, BankWest, Commonwealth Bank, ING Direct, Interest Rates, Investment Loans, NAB, St George, Suncorp, variable interest rate, Westpac by Administrator

Today’s 2nd May meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced to keep the cash rate on hold at 1.5%. It seems interest rates are likely to remain stable for a little while yet. We expect variable rates to increase for interest only loans and property investment loans through out the year as APRA
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