Australian Home Loan Interest Rates July 2019

Australian Home Loan Interest Rates in July 2019.

The RBA reduced the Reserve Bank Cash Rate down to 1.00% at the beginning of July 2019.

Most banks have indicated they will bring their rates down, but not all at the full 0.25%.

UBank
Ubank are passing on the full rate … Read the rest

Australian Home Loan Interest Rates June 2019

Australian Home Loan Interest Rates in June 2019.

The RBA reduced the Reserve Bank Cash Rate down to 1.25% at the beginning of June 2019, and most banks followed by reducing their Interest rates on Home Loans.

Some examples are shown below:

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Mortgage Interest Rate Increases January 2019

NAB has Increased its Standard Variable Loan Interest Rates.

NAB are in the news stating that they will increase their Standard Variable Loan Interest Rate to 5.36% effective from January 31st 2019.

Headlines and stories such as this, have some people worried:

Pain for homeowners as NAB raises variable mortgage

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Average Australian Credit Card Balance Dec 2017

Australian Credit Card Financial Statistics December 2017.

The average outstanding balance of credit cards attracting interest charges in December 2017 was $1,903. This is the lowest December balance since 2004.

The average Credit Card spend per month, per card, was $1,716 in December 2017.

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Australian Credit Cards with No Annual Fee

Australian Credit Cards with No Annual Fee.

Some of the Australian banks issue credit cards without an annual fee, some only give the first year free, as an incentive to sign up, but others offer lifetime free.

Coles Mastercard – No annual fee ever.

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Average Australian Credit Card Balance Dec 2016

Australian Credit Card Financial Statistics December 2016.

The average outstanding balance of credit cards attracting interest charges in December 2016 was $1,914. This is the lowest December balance since 2004.

The average Credit Card spend per month, per card, was $1,705 in December 2016.

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