There is a staggering 800,000 Australian fixed rate home loans coming due during the 2023 year, that’s right 800,000. That means 800,000 mortgage holders having to make a decision whether to re-fix or allow their loan to convert to variable. Either way it is going to involve a significant increase in the cost of an…
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National Australia Bank (NAB) has warned mortgage holders that their loan repayments could climb by a third, or an average of $721, during the next 18 months. A surge home loan pain would also see Australian borrowers experiencing the tightest budget pressures in a decade. NAB has forecasted mortgage rates to increase by 2.25 percentage…
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National home loan affordability fell “dramatically” in 2021, with a record calendar year decline of 14.5 per cent, according to non-bank lender Bluestone. Bluestone Home Loans has released its Home Loan Affordability Index for December quarter, revealing the index fell to 93.8 in December 2021 quarter compared to 82.9 in the December 2020 quarter. The latest…
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