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Almost one out of 100 homebuyers in negative equity, RBA says (opens the original)
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The risk to Australia from a major global financial shock is growing as the purchasing power of households is eroded by high inflation, the Reserve Bank has warned. The bank flagged on Thursday that first home buyers – including users of the 5 per cent deposit scheme – were most likely to be in negative equity as property prices sink and interest rates increase. A shift in sentiment towards the AI investment boom, which is increasingly debt-funded and fuelled by expectations of rapid earnings gr
Mortgage calculator: How much extra your repayments are (opens the original)
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has confirmed its fourth interest rate rise of 2026, increasing the cash rate target to 4.60 per cent. The increase of 25 basis points from the previous mark of 4.35 per cent takes interest rates to their highest level in 15 years. Use our mortgage calculator below to see the likely impact of the rate rise on your loan repayments. On a 25-year loan of $600,000 at 6.50 per cent, your mortgage would cost an extra $93 each month. You can change all the inputs to match
RBA governor warns there could be further rate hikes, even if it tips Australia into recession (opens the original)
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Australian borrowers could face a run of rate hikes after RBA governor Michele Bullock warned an economic downturn may be needed if politicians and businesses failed to shake the nation’s productivity malaise. The bank lifted rates to a 15-year high of 4.6 per cent on Tuesday, and its monetary policy board struck a hawkish tone flagging more increases could be on the way if inflation figures to be released on Wednesday remained “unacceptably high”. While split on previous decisions, the board wa
What 24 years of data reveals about the secrets of a long, happy relationship (opens the original)
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The data is in, and it reveals the secrets to a happy relationship. A unique study which has tracked 17,000 Australians for almost a quarter-century shows an equal division of housework, child care and earnings were “significant predictors” of stronger relationship quality. Couples who shared weekly hours of paid and unpaid work “approximately” evenly reported higher relationship quality on average than couples where the division of paid and unpaid work was less balanced. This was true for coupl
Priced out and staying put: Gen Z Australians are living with their parents in record numbers (opens the original)
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Half of Australians in their 20s are still living with their parents, while a record share of lower-income families are suffering housing stress as the social and economic cost of the housing affordability crunch mounts. One of the nation’s most important social studies, The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, shows the proportion of people aged 18 to 29 years old living in the family home has reached 49.9 per cent, up from 39.4 per cent in 2001. Young men are more
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